Coronavirus mutation: Prime Minister Johnson relies on new drugs to fight coronavirus.
One expert sees this decision as critical.
Britain reports record deaths.
1,325 people died in connection with the coronavirus * within one day.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has now announced a new strategy.
This news ticker is continuously updated.
Update from January 10, 7:24 p.m.: Shot
in the past few days
the number of
corona deaths
in
Great Britain is
alarming.
According to the
British government
, this trend has been stopped for the time being.
According to this
,
563
people
died within 24 hours
in connection with the
coronavirus
.
This halved this value compared to the past four days.
During this period, Great Britain suffered
over 1,000 deaths every day
.
However, it is not yet possible to say with certainty whether a trend reversal has really succeeded.
Delayed data transmission
must always be
expected
on
weekends
.
Therefore, the number of new corona infections can rise sharply again at the beginning of the week.
Corona: Terrifying record number of deaths in Great Britain - Johnson announces strategy, experts puzzled
Update from January 9, 4:30 p.m.:
British
Prime Minister Boris Johnson
has announced a new strategy for the fight against the
coronavirus pandemic
.
The UK
plans
to use the
drugs
tocilizumab and sarilumab in the treatment of
Covid-19 diseases
, which are normally used to treat rheumatoid arthritis, with
immediate
effect
.
This decision has
met with criticism
from the German expert in the treatment of
Covid 19 patients
, Stefan Kluge,
among others
.
The
intensive care
doctor is amazed at the announcement by
Johnson
, who described the preparations as "life-saving".
"I am a bit surprised that the British
Prime Minister is
already recommending the use of the drugs," said Kluge.
The Prime Minister had further referred to experimental
data
, according to which the
death rate
of
Covid-19 patients
could be reduced significantly.
Corona in Great Britain: Johnson wants to use "life-saving" drugs - expert is critical
"The problem with the study to which Johnson is referring is that it has not yet been properly reviewed and published in a medical journal," says Kluge.
The expert also speaks of contradicting study results, on the basis of which approval in Germany would not be conceivable.
“If we make a recommendation, then we have to have hands and feet.”
After all,
every
drug
has
side effects
and costs money, explains Kluge.
Since the beginning of the
corona pandemic
,
over 82,000 people
in
Great Britain
have died as a result of
Covid-19
.
Rapidly increasing case numbers and a
7-day incidence
of over 1000 are currently pushing the hospitals in London to their limits.
Terrifying record number of deaths in Great Britain: Christmas probably plays a tragic role in the development
First report from January 8th:
London - “Our hospitals are under more pressure than they have been since the beginning of the pandemic.
And the infection rates are increasing at an alarming rate all over the country, "says
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson *
according to the
BBC
- at a time when the country
registers
68,053 new infections in
one day and reports a daily high of
1,325 deaths
.
“Act like you have the virus” - this is the
NHS
campaign
that is being spread on posters, advertisements and on social networks.
Lots of people with # COVID19 don't show symptoms.
Act like you've got it to help stop the spread.
➡️ For more info, visit https://t.co/FQXGAwrBtI pic.twitter.com/qc4x2RuJyM
- NHS London (@NHSEnglandLDN) January 5, 2021
London
hospitals
are reportedly on the verge of collapse.
By the end of January at the latest, patients could no longer be cared for.
In response, Sadiq Kahn, London's mayor, has declared a state of emergency - "more concerned than ever before during the pandemic."
Corona in Great Britain: Mutation and Christmas play tragic roles
Experts agree that the mutation, which is particularly widespread in Great Britain and is now becoming more and more popular in Germany, plays an important role.
But now it has also been shown that contacts over Christmas probably had an impact on the development of the
corona pandemic *
.
As the BBC calculates, the rate of
new infections
nationwide
rose
"by almost a third" in the week after Christmas.
One in 50 citizens was newly infected within a week in England - instead of one in 70 as a week before.
In Northern Ireland, the number of new infections rose to one person in 200 instead of 230 as it was before Christmas.
And in Scotland one in 115 people became infected again instead of one in 145.
Only in Wales did the number fall to a
new infection
under 70 people, instead of one under 50 people as before.
Corona in Great Britain: Hope through Moderna vaccine and lockdown
According to surveys, one in five people on the island found it difficult
to adhere
to the strict regulations over
Christmas
.
As
recently
as December 19,
easing
had been withdrawn - too late because most had already made plans and did not want to move away from them, the results continued.
The "Christmas bubbles" or "Christmas bubbles" of five households met anyway and could have influenced the partly desolate number of new infections in mid-January - and also the future outlook.
Until the end of January, experts fear that the record number of
daily deaths will
no longer fall.
Then, it is hoped, the numbers could decline - if Britain
adheres
to the strict
lockdown
again
.
But on the day of the terrible news, there was also positive news.
With the
vaccine *
from the Moderna company, a third vaccine was approved on Friday.
(kat)
* Merkur.de is part of the Germany-wide Ippen-Digital editors network.
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