England have locked up for a third time amid the coronavirus pandemic, and appear to be causing no decline in COVID-19 cases, Reuters reports.
What is happening?
Researchers on Thursday warned that the highly transmissible COVID-19 variant is still working through the country, which has deteriorated little in recent days despite an exclusion, according to Reuters.
- In fact, the researchers said there was ‘no evidence of deterioration’ in the first ten days of newly added restrictions in England.
Key quote
- “The number of COVID-19 patients (in the hospital) is very high at the moment, and we can not expect it to decrease unless we can reach lower levels of prevalence,” said Steven Riley, a professor of infectious disease dynamics. , said. according to Reuters. “The fact that (appearance) does not decrease can potentially have serious consequences.”
Context
In early January, England announced that it would undertake a new national COVID-19 exclusion to deal with the rapidly spreading COVID-19 variant originally discovered in the UK, as I wrote for Deseret News.
- Everyone in England is advised to stay at home unless they are allowed to leave.
- People can leave their homes for ‘essential medical needs, food shopping, exercise and work for those who cannot do it from home’, according to BBC News.
So what’s next?
Paul Elliott, an expert on epidemiology and medical medicine for public health and director of the REACT program, told Reuters that people ‘need to double public health measures’.
- “Wear face masks, keep distance and wash your hands,” Elliott said. “There will be continued pressure until we can reduce the incidence.”