This Monday, July 19 was a day of celebration in England: the "
freedom of the Day
" ( "
Freedom day
"), celebrating the lifting of quarantine restrictions more than a year after their implementation.
But the measure has raised many questions, because it was taken in the context of an epidemic resumption in the United Kingdom since the end of May.
The country's incidence rate was around 440 cases per 100,000 inhabitants over seven rolling days, as of July 15, according to the British government.
A level that had not been reached since last January.
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Carried by the spread of the Delta variant, this new wave of Covid-19 is worrying beyond the country's borders.
The United Kingdom and Israel, cited as an example for months for their management of the vaccination campaign, are now both facing an increase in cases of the disease.
Reason enough to wonder about the effectiveness of vaccines against Covid-19?
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