British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced tighter pandemic restrictions in the UK, ordering people to work remotely, wear masks in public and use vaccination passes.
The measures are aimed at slowing the spread of the new version of Omicron for the coronavirus.
With a tainted reputation following claims that his employees were celebrating in Downing Street during the Christmas lockdown last year, Johnson said Omicron is spreading fast and had no choice but to switch to Plan B to buy time for the booster. doses of COVID-19 vaccine to more people. …
While the new measures are not as serious as the total isolation that negatively affected the economy in the early stages of the pandemic, the new measures could restrict visits to restaurants, cafes and shops in malls on Christmas Eve and deal a new blow to the country’s financial situation.
“While there is a chance that the picture will improve, and I sincerely hope so, we know that the inexorable logic of exponential growth can lead to large increases in hospital admissions and, unfortunately, deaths,” Johnson said.
In July, he lifted most of the anti-epidemic restrictions, promising to end the winter without resorting to a fourth isolation, but left the so-called “Plan B” as a fallback.
The wearing of masks will become mandatory in public, and health passes will become mandatory for nightclubs and crowded places.