Coronavirus mutation: The British government is imposing a tough Covid-19 lockdown for England - this should apply for a long time.
Now the United Kingdom also has a solid corona scandal.
Coronavirus pandemic *
: The novel
Corona *
mutation
is a
major concern
in the
UK
.
Most recently, the number of
Covid-19 cases
in the
United Kingdom rose
exorbitantly.
The
British government of Boris Johnson
now announced for
England
putting a
corona lockdown
*
.
The next day, a polarizing
corona scandal
around
Parliament in London became
known.
Update from January 5, 10.45 a.m.:
The news about the
coronavirus pandemic
from
Great Britain is
overturning.
After a nationwide
lockdown for England
due to the
Covid-19 mutation
was declared
on Monday evening
, the United Kingdom now has a solid
corona scandal
.
Specifically: A British MP has been
arrested and charged with
a blatant violation of the measures to
contain the coronavirus pandemic
.
The police in Scotland confirmed this on Monday evening.
That happened: In
September, the
politician
Margaret Ferrier
drove
600 kilometers on the train from Glasgow to
London
with
corona symptoms
and spoke in Parliament there.
Although she subsequently tested positive for the virus, she drove back to
Glasgow
.
Ferrier was a parliamentary member of the
Scottish National Party (SNP) at the time
, but is now an independent MP because she was expelled from the parliamentary group.
In the video: England locked down again due to virus mutation
Coronavirus pandemic: Corona bang in the UK
First report from
January 4th:
Munich / London -
Coronavirus
bang from
Great Britain
!
Due to the drastic rise in the number of
Covid-19
* cases
and out of great concern about the new
Corona
mutation
, the British government has
imposed
a tough
lockdown
for the whole of
England
- with immediate effect.
Coronavirus pandemic: tough lockdown in England due to corona mutation
"We have to
impose
a lockdown
in
England in
order 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 for visits to the doctor, shopping or work.
Schools are rigorously closed.
Stay at home.
Protect the NHS.
Save lives.
pic.twitter.com/PUN79POzAw
- Boris Johnson (@BorisJohnson) January 4, 2021
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 the British, is said to be 50 to 70 percent more contagious than the previously known form.
The virus mutation was first
detected
in Germany
during the
corona crisis
at Christmas
.
Covid-19 lockdown in England: Great concerns about highly contagious corona mutation
Gradually, the countries on the European mainland had
cut
travel to
Great Britain
shortly before New Year's Eve
due to the
Corona mutation
.
+
Again in corona lockdown: British London.
© imago images / agefotostock
And now
Johnson's tough lockdown
: 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.
Recently there have been 20 percent more deaths, the head of government said.
Great Britain: Coronavirus lockdown initially only in England
For the
time being
, the
lockdown
should only apply to
England
, where the infection rate was
highest
in the metropolitan area of
London
, and not to the rest of the United Kingdom.
(pm)