British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced the introduction of a third national quarantine due to the coronavirus pandemic. This was reported by RIA Novosti .
Johnson said the new coronavirus strain is spreading at an “alarming rate.” “It is obvious that a third national lockdown is needed,” the prime minister said.
According to him, from Tuesday, January 5, English schools are switching to remote work, only children of representatives of “key” professions, for example, doctors, social workers, firefighters, police officers, couriers, salespeople, will be able to go to schools. Citizens are allowed to leave the house only for a walk, to the doctor or to the store. People with severe chronic diseases are advised not to leave the house at all.
Earlier, doctors from the UK regions suggested to increase the threat maximum. In addition, healthcare professionals have warned of the risk of overheating the healthcare system in the next three weeks. According to them, the current spread of coronavirus among the population is very high, and the number of patients with COVID-19 in hospitals and intensive care units is also growing.
On Monday, January 4, the number of detected cases of coronavirus in Britain per day was a record 58,784 since the start of the pandemic. Over the past week, more than 50 thousand cases of infection per day have been recorded.