Because of the Corona mutation: The British government is imposing a tough Covid-19 lockdown for England - this should apply for weeks.
Munich / London -
Coronavirus
bang from
Great Britain
!
Due to the drastic increase in the number of
Covid-19 cases
and out of great concern about the new type of
Corona mutation
, the British government has
imposed
a tough
lockdown
for all of
England
- with immediate effect.
Coronavirus pandemic: tough lockdown in England due to corona mutation
"We have to
impose
a lockdown
in
England
to get the new
Corona variant
under control,"
Prime Minister Boris Johnson
said
in a televised
address
this Monday evening.
“That means that you have to stay at home.” This means that citizens are only allowed to leave their house or apartment to visit the doctor or to go to work.
This Monday (January 4th),
Great Britain had recorded 59,000 new corona cases within 24 hours
.
Johnson's government attributes the strong spread to the
new coronavirus variant
, which, according to initial findings, is said to be highly contagious.
At Christmas, this was discovered for the first time
in Germany
during the
Corona crisis
.
Covid-19 lockdown in England: Great concerns about highly contagious corona mutation
The new
Covid-19 rules
are to
apply
in
England
(around 56 million inhabitants) until mid-February.
"Stay home, protect the (health service) NHS, save lives,"
Johnson
said
in his address.
(pm)
