PM Johnson Announces Tightening Closure Across Country Due to Increase in Morbidity • Some 44 million Britons have been placed under the most stringent restrictions
Corona patient evacuation in London // Photo: AP
Coronary heart disease morbidity and mortality rates continue to rise in the UK, apparently due to the spread of the mutant strains of the virus in the country.
The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Boris Johnson, announced today (Wednesday) the line of aggravation in the corona closure in the country and placed more than a third of the country's citizens under the most stringent category of closure.
According to the British government's decision, 44 million people will be placed under a "strictest" level, and they will be able to leave their homes for essential needs only.
The rest of the population in the country will be placed under a closure at "level 3" under which non-essential workers will also be able to go to work but most businesses will remain closed.
Johnson referred to the possibility of a general and strict closure and said: "We currently prefer to adhere to the method of the various levels of restrictions, this is due to the fact that there are still less infected areas and we want to preserve as much as possible of our citizens' daily lives."
Britain has recorded close to a thousand deaths from corona disease in the past day and more than fifty thousand people have been infected with the virus.
Yesterday broke an all-time record in the country as more than 53,000 people were diagnosed as positive for Corona.
According to estimates, the reason for the huge jump in morbidity and mortality are the two mutant strains of the virus that are now common in the country.
Study: The number of deaths in Italy is greater than reported
The Central Bureau of Statistics in Italy today published a study according to which the mortality rate from the corona virus in the country is much higher than the official numbers provided by the authorities so far.
The study, which examined the excess mortality in the country, found that it stands at 84,000 compared to the average with previous years.
According to the study, there is a 31% gap between the excess mortality and the official death toll from the corona virus, which stood at 57,647 at the time of the study.
If the figure is matched to the current official death toll, more than 73,000, a death toll close to one hundred thousand is obtained.
According to the Central Bureau of Statistics, even deaths due to disruptions in the health system are not sufficient to explain the gap between official and excess mortality.
Italy, which suffered from the collapse of its health care system during the spring months, has reached a point where many suffering from other medical problems have died as a result of lack of care.