12/28/2020 4:45 PM
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Updated 12/28/2020 4:45 PM
Great Britain
registered 41,385 new COVID-19 infections on Monday and another 357 deaths,
according to British health authorities, who have warned that the high level of cases is unprecedented.
The authorities have expressed their concern about infections in the south and southeast of England, which
experts relate to the appearance of a new variant
of the coronavirus.
These data do not include those for Scotland and Northern Ireland, which do not plan to make the coronavirus figures public until tomorrow.
This is the first time that the daily number of infections in the United Kingdom
exceeds the barrier of 40,000,
according to experts.
The medical director of Health in England, Yvonne Doyle, said Monday that, "despite the unprecedented levels of infections, there is hope on the horizon", in clear reference to the vaccination program started this month in the United Kingdom.
Doyle asked the population to help stop the spread of the virus, because
"hospitals are at (the moment) most vulnerable
, with new admissions increasing in all regions."
Hospitals in the south-east of England
are under increasing pressure
due to the sharp increase in infections.
Few passengers on the London Underground due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Photo DPA
Ambulance services in south-east England, where the British variant of the coronavirus was detected,
are receiving about 8,000 emergency calls a day,
levels not seen since the peak of cases in the first wave last April.
The latest available figures indicate that until last day 22 there were 21,286 people hospitalized for covid-19 in the United Kingdom, but it is estimated that this data has increased in recent days.
The London Ambulance Service (LAS) revealed to the BBC network that it received a total of 7,918 emergency calls on the 26th,
an increase of 2,500
compared to the same day last year.
The president of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine, Katherine Henderson, said on Monday that there are difficulties in taking patients to hospital wards and that
the income level is "incredibly high."
London and many counties in the south and east of England are at level 4 risk of covid-19 -severe-, which has forced the closure of non-essential stores, gyms, cinemas, hairdressers, beauty salons, while it has been asking the population to avoid using public transport and stay at home.
Meanwhile, the British regulators are expected to approve this week the vaccine developed by the University of Oxford and the pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca, which will accelerate the immunization program for the British population, which began on the 8th with the Pfizer / BioNTech preparation. .
"It is a horrible moment
. The ambulance personnel are facing this whole situation with great stress," said a member of that service to the British chain.
London and many counties in the south and east of England are at level 4 risk of covid-19 - serious -,
which has forced the closure of non-essential stores
, gyms, cinemas, hairdressers, beauty salons, while it has asking the population to avoid using public transport and stay at home.
The other British regions - Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland - also maintain various restrictive measures to contain the spread of covid-19 and its new variant.
Source: EFE and AFP
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