Freedom day started in Great Britain, where almost all the restrictions imposed to contain the spread of the coronavirus have been lifted, including respect for social distancing and the obligation to wear a mask indoors. With experts inviting you to wear a mask anyway and the fear that up to 200 thousand cases a day could be recorded, Great Britain enters this new phase with the Health Minister Sajid Javid positive for Covid-19 and with Prime Minister Boris Johnson forced to self-isolate by close contact with an infected person.
Hence Johnson’s appeal to be “cautious.” On social media there was no shortage of sarcastic posts from the doctors of the national health service. A doctor wrote on Twitter about a big party at midnight in intensive care to celebrate the end of Covid-19 thanks to Freedom Day. The post was accompanied by a photo of her in the hospital, ready to welcome new infected. Someone else, also on social media, spoke of a ” criminal ” initiative. And there are those who speak of the day of ‘surrender’ instead of freedom.
Meanwhile, yesterday the country recorded 48,161 cases of Covid-19 and 25 deaths in the last 24 hours, according to the data of the official bulletin, figures slightly down compared to the 54,674 infections and 41 deaths announced yesterday, while exactly one week ago, the figure was of 31,772 infections and 26 deaths.