Key Sentence:
- Doctors say that mandatory face masks and social distancing must be returned to the UK to meet the “unacceptable” level of Covid infections.
- The British Medical Association accused ministers of “getting off the brakes” and “deliberately negligent” failing to implement the new rules.
There have been more than 40,000 daily cases of COVID in the UK for eight days in a row. The health minister warned daily cases could soon reach 100,000 but defied the current new restrictions. Media caption, Sajid Javid pushes for Covid booster: “We have a hit, we need a hand to apply it.”
Speaking at a press declare in Downing Street on Wednesday, Sajid Javid said the government would not implement the Plan B measures “at this point”. Which includes mandatory face masks and Covid passports, as well as recommendations to work from home.
However, he warned that inadequate vaccination would make UK restrictions more likely.
Following the government’s plans to deal with Covid in the UK this winter. The restrictions will only be re-imposed if the NHS is under “unsustainable pressure.” Dr. Chaand Nagpaul, chairman of the BMA, said doctors “can certainly say the time has come.
He stressed that the number of cases was comparable to March when Britain was under a blockade and was “unheard of in European countries like that.” It is therefore very worrying that [Mr. Javid] does not want to take immediate action to save lives and protect the National Health Service,” he said.
He said, “The Westminster government willfully failed to take further action to reduce the spread of infection. Adding that mandatory face masks, physical distancing, and ventilation requirements under “high-risk conditions” were “the norm in many other countries.
His comments echoed the demands of this week’s NHS Confederation health leaders.
And it came when Prof. Sir Mark Walport, former chief scientific adviser to the government, said that “current measures are unlikely to contain everything” in terms of the spread of the virus. “Winter is coming; flu is likely to come. This is not a good place for that.” The graph shows that the number of daily cases is increasing. Updated October 20. During a Downing Street briefing, Javid urged people to get booster vaccines and wear face masks in crowded places with people they don’t know.
Otherwise, he says, “it will affect all of us” – “and it certainly increases the likelihood. That we will have more restrictions.” But ten said there were no plans for a new blockade in Britain. The UK reported an additional 49,139 cases and 179 deaths in the 28 days after testing positive on Wednesday.
Around 14% of people in the UK over the age of 12 remain unvaccinated. Shadow Health Secretary Jonathan Ashworth accused Javid of complacency, telling. The simple truth is that the so-called defensive walls we have built with vaccinations are now crumbling.” Scams are more common through text messages. 71% of respondents said they had received suspicious text messages (75% between 16 and 34). In addition, 44% of those who received suspicious SMS said they had received it at least once a week.
Ofcom’s research also shows that suspicious calls continue to threaten landline users, with particular risks for the elderly. For example, 61% of those over 75 said they had experienced potential landline fraud. More than half of people who receive suspicious SMS delete the message (53%) or block the number (52%). Nearly half (49%) of those who received questionable direct voice calls and more than four in ten (44%) who received suspiciously recorded messages blocked the number.