(ANSA) - ROME, JUN 14 - The total reopening scheduled in Great Britain for June 21 has been postponed to July 19 due to the spread of the Delta variant of the coronavirus.
This was announced by British Prime Minister Boris Johnson explaining that in this period of time it will be possible to continue to administer the second doses of the anti-Covid vaccine.
According to the prime minister, variant cases are growing in Britain by around 64% per week.
We need more time "added the British premier announcing the four-week postponement of the total reopening, because" Covid cannot simply be eliminated, we have to live with it. "Johnson said that" the government had to face a difficult choice: to go ahead with phase four of reopening on June 21, with the very concrete possibility that the virus will overtake vaccines, causing thousands of deaths that otherwise could have been avoided. "Or, the prime minister stressed," give the NHS a few more weeks to administer the vaccines to those in need. " . (ANSA).
