(ANSA) - LONDON, NOVEMBER 20 - The Rt index on the spread of coronavirus infections returns to drop towards the safety threshold of 1 in the United Kingdom.
This is indicated by the data updated to 12 November prepared by the medical-scientific commission that supports the government of Boris Johnson on the front of the Covid emergency (Sage), currently estimating it at a level between 1 and 1.1, against 1.1-1.12 of the Previous week.
In her periodic report, Sage also points out that significant fluctuations persist according to the different territories of the country, particularly in England. But he also notes that the effects of the national lockdown bis, in force in England since November 4, had not yet fully affected the period under review. The progress in progress could push the executive, after the expiry of the confinement phase set for 2 December, to formalize an expected easing of the ad hoc restrictions for Christmas. But the Minister of Health, Matt Hancock, commenting today in TimesRadio on the hypotheses on a new green light for non-cohabiting family meetings concentrated in the 5 days following the Christmas Eve, excluded that the celebrations could be completely exempted from the recommendations on the spacing. "The lockdown is working - he said - but we will not have to let our guard down even after" (ANSA).