Coronavirus: Rt index infection in Gb exceeds 1

(ANSA) - LONDON, 11 SEPTEMBER - The estimate of the British health authorities of the Rt index of coronavirus infection in the United Kingdom is back beyond the risk threshold, albeit slightly. Government sources cited by the BBC refer to them, now evoking a level between 1 and 1.2. This is a threshold that remains far below that reached in spring in the phase of the greatest spread of the pandemic; but in any case a higher alert rate, which is triggered with the Rt index from 1 up. The figure confirms a trend that has already prompted Boris Johnson's government to announce on Monday the reintroduction of severe restrictions on gatherings and social contacts to try to avert the prospect of a national lockdown bis in the fall. (HANDLE).