As of 09:00 UK time on Saturday, April 16, 2022, the cumulative number of test results was 503,905,388 (to be updated); the cumulative number of confirmed cases was 21,747,638 (to be updated); and the cumulative number of deaths was 171,396 (to be updated).
As of today, the entire UK territory is:
52,978,585 people were vaccinated with the first dose of the vaccine (to be updated);
49,592,843 people were vaccinated with the second dose (to be renewed);
A total of 39,028,451 people were vaccinated with the third dose (to be updated).
Trend chart of increasing confirmed cases in the UK Image source Uk Department of Health
Environmental protesters
Blockade of 4 bridges in London
Extinction rebellion Extinction Rebellion organization Easter also does not stop! On Friday, April 15, local time, dozens of demonstrators erected pedestrian barricades at the entrances to four of London's busiest bridges before the evening rush hour.
Caused road traffic jams outside the Blackfriars, Westminster, Waterloo and Lambeth Bridges.
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AA's real-time traffic information shows severe traffic delays around Blackfriars, Westminster and Lambeth, which could have affected the services of a nearby hospital.
A few years ago, the protest group had been heavily criticized for delays in ambulances on the way out. So at the event, they said they would let emergency services pass.
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Meanwhile, a large group of protesters gathered outside the Charing Cross police station to demand the release of a demonstrator who had been detained earlier. The arrestee, named Emma Smart, is believed to have been arrested during previous protests by sticking her hand to a window.
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On the morning of April 16, at the Bayswater gas station near Paddington, members of the Extinction Rebellion group climbed aboard a tanker at Shell in London, resulting in the arrest of six people. These include Olympic gold medalist Etienne Stott and Olympian Laura Baldwin.
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A spokesman for the Metropolitan Police said: "These scattered, small-scale protests have caused serious traffic delays and disturbances in central London. Policing operations are in place and efforts are underway to control the impact on the ground.".
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Check-in queues to the parking lot?
Easter travel is overcrowded
Finally, the Easter holiday weekend begins
Have you already arrived at your destination?
Friends who have not yet set off should pay attention!
Airports and railways are still overcrowded...
Are the queues lined up in the parking lot?
Let's take a look
More than 1,000 flights were cancelled across the UK this week due to a shortage of personnel caused by COVID-19, with the most affected being Manchester, Heathrow and Birmingham. The police had to step in to help deal with some of the emergencies.
Some airlines have also begun offering baggage drop-off services the night before flights for passengers who have booked early flights to alleviate congestion.
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Photographs taken at Manchester Airport on Saturday, April 16 showed dozens of people arriving at the airport at 4:30 a.m. to enter the building, while hundreds more were inside waiting to check in their luggage.
The queue of holidaymakers waiting for check-in in in terminal one even lined up to the parking lot!!
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Fortunately, the queue phenomenon has basically subsided before 7 a.m., and passengers have written on social media that they can successfully pass the airport security check after 9 o'clock. But the airport says the queue confusion could continue into the summer...
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Holidaymakers departing from Birmingham Airport complained that the security line had been lined up to the first floor of the airport and was still lining up in a snake-like line. "Birmingham airport at 5.35am. It has been waiting in line for security for 1 hour, and now the queue is halfway through. Fortunately, the flight was delayed by 50 minutes! ”
Airport staff said people less than an hour before the priority flight departed.
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Road traffic will be busier over the weekend, with the M5 near Bristol appearing in a long line in the southbound direction, while the M4 has been stalled for a short time due to the accident. The A303, which has access to Stonehenge, and the M27 near Southampton are also in heavy traffic.
The Ministry of Transport said it "advises travellers travelling by car to allow an extra time of about two hours".
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mRNA COVID-19 vaccine technology
Or it can be used to treat a heart attack
British scientists say they may have discovered the world's first way to treat heart attacks using the same technology as the mRNA vaccine.
The human heart does not have the ability to heal itself after a heart attack. But perhaps a new technique called "gene tracing" could help new heart cells replace dead ones and build new muscle tissue.
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According to the Daily Mail, the King's College London team tracked the genetic code known as mRNA, which is now widely used in the Pfizer and Modena vaccines in Modena. Injecting these codes into the heart can produce proteins that make healthy heart cells.
In addition to helping heart cells regenerate, scientists are also investigating whether mRNAs can help treat cell death in the event of a heart attack.
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"There is a fixed number of muscle cells in the heart. Our goal is to find a treatment that can promote the proliferation of viable cells," said lead researcher Professor Mauro Giacca.
Heart attacks and strokes account for 85% of the 17.9 million cardiovascular disease deaths worldwide. Scientists believe that new RNA (ribonucleic acid) therapies could revolutionize cardiovascular medicine and stop millions of heart attacks from progressing to heart failure.
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Russia sanctions Boris and others
Dozens of senior British officials
Due to Britain's "hostile stance" in the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, Russia banned more than a dozen senior British officials, including British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, from entering Russia on April 16 (Saturday) local time.
Moscow said the decision was retaliation for British sanctions since the Russian-Ukrainian conflict.
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The Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement that "Britain's unscrupulous information and political campaigns aim to isolate Russia internationally and create conditions for containing Russia's economy at home and abroad." In essence, the British leadership is deliberately exacerbating the situation around Ukraine, bringing lethal weapons to the Kiev regime."
Earlier this week, Governments in the United Kingdom, the United States and the European Union announced further sanctions against Russia. It aims to undermine the financial structure of the Russian economy and impose sanctions on individuals such as Putin and senior Russian officials.
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The sanctions list includes: Prime Minister Boris, Foreign Secretary Liz Truss, Defence Minister Ben Wallace, Deputy Prime Minister, Justice Secretary Dominic Raab, Transport Minister Grant Shapps, Home Secretary Priti Patel, Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak, Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, Conservative MP, former British Prime Minister Aunt May, etc.
In March, Moscow imposed similar sanctions on U.S. President Joe Biden.
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The mixing of single men and women raises questions
The "House of Ukraine" program has been criticized
The United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) has asked the UK to re-examine the Homes for Ukraine visa scheme after reports that some refugee women have reported being "harassed" by their sponsors.
The program allows anyone in the country with an open room to Ukrainian refugees and guarantees accommodation for at least six months.
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Last week, a secret investigation by The Times revealed that some single British men matched single Ukrainian women through the scheme and offered them harassment such as sharing a bed and sending inappropriate sexually suggestive messages.
In a statement on Wednesday, April 13, the UNHCR said the UK government needed to develop a "more appropriate matching process" to ensure that single women, including those with children, were placed to live with families or couples, rather than single men.
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It is reported that the British government is not currently pairing every host and refugee according to the plan.
Instead, some sponsors chose to contact Ukrainian refugees directly, leading many to communicate using social media platforms outside the website, a process that experts warn is not safe. "Too free matching processes can be exploited by traffickers and other ill-intentioned people," said Louise Calvey, head of services and safeguards at British charity Recovere Action.
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James Jamieson, president of the Local Government Association (LGA), told PA that there has been a marked increase in the number of "homeless" Ukrainian refugees in the UK after the breakdown of relations between Ukrainian refugees and their sponsors, including those arriving in the UK through the Family Sponsorship Scheme.
"Matching without proper supervision, in addition to the trauma of displacement, family separation and violence already experienced, can lead to increased risks for women.")
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The Home for Ukraine visa scheme, which launched last month, has received 55,600 visa applications and issued more than 25,000 visas, but only 12.7% (3,200) have arrived in the UK.
Update on the latest developments in the Russian-Ukrainian crisis
According to Ukrainian military and regional officials on Saturday, April 16, Russia has stepped up attacks on eastern Ukraine, including Kharkiv, Luhansk luhansk in Luhansk and Donetsk in eastern Ukraine.
Prior to the planned ground offensive, Russian troops appeared to be carrying out heavy shelling of all three areas. Civilians in the area have been urged to evacuate.
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In a recent phone call, Ukrainian President Zelenskiy asked President Joe Biden to designate Russia as a "state sponsor of terrorism," According to The Washington Post. But Biden did not commit to doing so during the call.
According to a State Department fact sheet, the United States will designate a country as a "state that supports terrorism" in the event that it has "repeatedly provided support for acts of international terrorism." Currently, four countries are designated – Cuba, Iran, North Korea and Syria.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin accused Western banks of failing to pay on time and "defaulting on delivery of Exports of Russian energy resources" after asking EU member states and other "unfriendly" countries to pay for Russia's gas supply in rubles. Hungary is currently the only EU country that has indicated that it is ready to pay for Russian gas in rubles. x
In response to the EU's discussions on a complete ban on Russian energy exports, Putin said Moscow would take steps to respond to a possible decision to impose an embargo on Russian oil and gas.
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World epidemic update
According to the National Health Commission on April 16 (Saturday), in the past 24 hours, Chinese mainland 3,896 new confirmed cases and 20,895 asymptomatic infected people.
There were 3,590 new confirmed cases and 19,923 asymptomatic infected people in Shanghai. The cumulative number of positive infected people has exceeded 300,000, and it is expected that the number of confirmed cases in a short period of time will remain at a high level. Nankai University's Team of Huang Senzhong predicts that this round of shanghai epidemic may end before the end of May.
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In addition, Wuhan will pilot the issuance of "gray codes" to those who should not be tested for nucleic acids. Gray code personnel are strictly restricted from entering public places (except medical institutions), and it is strictly forbidden to take public transportation and online ride-hailing vehicles; after completing sampling according to regulations, the gray code can be automatically converted to a green code.
Up to now, China's nucleic acid detection capacity has reached 51.65 million tubes per day. Since the outbreak began, about 11.5 billion tests have been completed.
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) says it has authorized the use of the first breath sample TEST device, the InspectIR Breath Tester, which can provide test results in about three minutes.
The testing device can detect chemicals associated with coronavirus in respiratory samples, but only by trained professional operators.
According to Johns Hopkins University (JHU) in the United States, as of 17:20 EST on April 15, there were 38,437 new confirmed cases and 472 deaths in the past 24 hours.
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According to data released by the French public health department on April 15, there were 125,394 new confirmed cases and 151 deaths in the past 24 hours.
As the epidemic situation in France is still grim, the website of the Chinese Embassy in France has published a reminder for Chinese students studying in France to pay attention to epidemic protection and safety.
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According to the Federal Ministry of Health on Saturday, April 16, there have been 975 new confirmed cases and 4 deaths in India in the past 24 hours.
UK Daily Death/Cure Data Analysis
Trend chart of increasing cases of illness and death in the United Kingdom Image source GOV.UK
England · England
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Data from 15 April: 14,955 confirmed COVID-19 patients are currently hospitalized, bringing the total cumulative number of hospitalized COVID-19 patients to 704,958 (+13,332).
There are currently 299 (-7) COVID-19 patients using ventilators in England, and a total of 148,990 (+1,295) of COVID-19 patients have died.
Wales region · Wales
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Data from 15 April: 5 deaths recorded in Wales.
Northern Ireland · Northern Ireland
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Data from 15 April: A total of 27 confirmed COVID-19 patients were hospitalized (-1) and 19,469 confirmed COVID-19 patients (+41) were discharged, with a cure rate of 99.8%. There are 4 suspected/confirmed COVID-19 patients in the severe ICU and 25 spare severe ICU beds (+3).
Scotland region · Scotland
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Since 5 March 2021, a total of 59,627 (+78) confirmed patients have been discharged from hospital in Scotland. As of midnight on 15 April, 2,042 suspected/confirmed COVID-19 patients had recent hospitalizations (-68), of which 20 (-3) were confirmed to be in the intensive care unit ICU.