London - Sana
Today, the British health authorities announced the registration of 1,401 new deaths from the new Corona virus, up from the 1,290 deaths that were detected yesterday.
British government data and local media reported that "40,261 new cases of the virus were recorded in the last 24 hours, up from 37,892 cases recorded the previous day."
This brought the total number of injuries in Britain to 3 million 583,907 injuries, while the total deaths reached 95,981 deaths.
Britain is the fifth country in the world in terms of the number of registered infections with the emerging coronavirus, as well as the fifth in terms of the death toll from the pandemic.
In turn, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced today that the current data indicate that the new strain of the Corona virus recently discovered in the United Kingdom is considered more deadly than its counterparts, indicating that there is "some evidence" that the new modified version of the emerging corona virus that was spotted in Britain "More Lethal as well as being more contagious. ”
"It also now appears that there is some evidence that the new mutated version may be associated with a higher degree of mortality," he said.
On the other hand, British Health Minister Matt Hancock said that preliminary data indicate that the effectiveness of the Corona vaccine may decrease by 50 percent in comparison to the virus strain discovered in South Africa, warning of the consequences of not confronting this strain or allowing it to spread widely in Britain.
He said that the possibility of it spreading in the country will fail the vaccination campaign and return the country "to square one".
On the 8th of last month, the United Kingdom authorities launched a mass vaccination campaign against Corona virus infection with a vaccine developed by the American "Pfizer" and the German "Biontech" company, to be approved later on a vaccine designed by the "American Moderna" company.