As of 09:00 UK time on Wednesday, June 15, 2022, the cumulative number of test results is 514,605,757 (to be updated); The cumulative number of confirmed cases is 22,410,583 (to be updated); Cumulative deaths 179,274 (to be updated).
As of today, the entire UK territory is:
53,505,425 people were vaccinated with the first dose of the vaccine (to be updated);
50,025,635 people have received the second dose of the vaccine (to be renewed);
A total of 39,782,009 people were vaccinated with the third dose (to be updated).
*The UK government said that the total number of epidemic data is only updated every Monday and Thursday, but the number of increases in outbreaks in each region will still be updated daily; Northern Ireland stopped updating on 20 May for your reference.
June 15 News list
ex。 China-UK direct flight or July recovery? The official website of China Eastern Airlines is suspected of releasing tickets
a。 WHO: Monkeypox will be renamed to avoid unnecessary discrimination;
b。 The pound fell to an all-time low only because the second bullet of the Scottish independence referendum was about to hit?
c。 The first shot of the annual Royal Jockey Club is fired: the Queen is absent for the first time in years;
d。 Post-Brexit sequence: legal proceedings against the EU or the UK government;
China-UK direct flight or July recovery?
The official website of China Eastern Airlines is suspected of releasing tickets
Image source AP/AFP
Today, flowers have exploded all over the network, and it is rumored that the Direct Flight between China and The Uk will resume in July. This time it is the official website of China Eastern Airlines that has shown that the flight information includes:
Jul 8/15/22/29 MU552
London-Shanghai Pudong 21:20 -15:40+1
Jul 7/14/21/28 MU551
Shanghai Pudong - London 13:20-18:40+1
The neck length also inquired on the official website of China Eastern Airlines, and it has now shown that all passengers are full.
The picture comes from the official website of China Eastern Airlines
At present, there is no official announcement, and any information neck length will release the news at the first time~
In the past five have been summarized
Air China - London-Shanghai CA850 every Friday
China Eastern - London - Shanghai MU552 every Friday
China Southern Airlines - London-Guangzhou CZ304 every Thursday
Inaugural flight - London-Qingdao JD432 every Friday
British Airways - London-Shanghai BA169 every Thursday/Sunday
Virgin - London-Shanghai VS250 every Tuesday/Friday
WHO: Monkeypox will be renamed
to avoid unnecessary discrimination
On Wednesday, June 15, the World Health Organization said it would be renamed because of concerns that the name Monkeypox would link the disease to Africa, its original outbreak site, could be discriminatory and stigmatizing.
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Since a long time ago, the international community has had a long tradition of no longer naming diseases according to their place of origin – like Ebola and West Nile viruses of the past.
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said: "WHO is working with partners and experts from around the world to change the name of the monkeypox virus, its branches and the diseases it causes. Authorities have suggested calling monkeypox MMXV.
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As of now, there are nearly 500 cases of this potentially fatal disease in the UK. In response, the WHO WHO will convene an emergency expert committee to determine whether the monkeypox outbreak should be considered a global health emergency.
Director-General Tedros revealed that he had decided to convene an emergency committee meeting on 23 June, as the virus had recently often exhibited "unusual behaviour" and spread widely in countries outside parts of Africa.
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Dr Tedros also said that this meeting of external experts could also help raise understanding and awareness of the variant virus as WHO issued new guidelines on monkeypox vaccination.
UN health agencies do not recommend mass vaccination, but recommend that individual countries and regions use the vaccine wisely based on local monkeypox transmission. It said control of the disease relies heavily on measures such as surveillance, case tracking and isolation of patients.
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Scientists warn that anyone, regardless of their sexual orientation, is vulnerable to monkeypox if they have close physical contact with an infected person or their clothing or sheets.
The WHO also cautioned that declaring monkeypox an international health emergency would give it the same level of status as COVID-19 and mean that WHO recognizes that the virus poses a longer-term and ongoing threat to countries around the world.
The pound fell to a record low
The Scottish independence referendum strikes again
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On Wednesday, June 15, the pound has fallen to its lowest level since the outbreak of the epidemic, and the renminbi has fallen to an all-time low.
The reason for this situation is mainly the UK's economic concerns, but also the very important reason is the potential for a second independence referendum in Scotland.
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Gbp/USD fell below 1.20 for the first time since March 2020, with more than 1.2% of losses on Tuesday, June 14; Compared to the euro, the pound slid 1.2 percent to 86.81 pence, the lowest since Last May.
Simon Harvey, head of foreign exchange analysis at Monex Europe, said: "If I attribute the downward trend to an event, then the Scottish independence referendum is the last straw that crushed the camel.
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Scotland's First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, said earlier that her Scottish government had the undisputed mandate to conduct another Scottish referendum and would be preparing to list more details of a new Scottish referendum in the near future on how this could be achieved even if the UK government did not approve it.
It's been 8 years since the last Scottish referendum, and in the polls, there have been a lot of changes. Recent polls show that the ratio of pros and cons is exactly 50-50.
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The pound has fallen more than 11 percent since the start of the year, with much of the decline attributable to a stronger dollar (which is a safe haven for global investors in times of economic turmoil). In response, the Bank of England wants to raise interest rates as soon as possible to control soaring inflation.
Fahad Kamal, chief investment officer at Kleinwort Hambros, said the UK has been experiencing huge imported energy inflation, which has been hit not only by rising oil prices but also by a weakening pound. Coupled with Scotland's renewed independence referendum, this is simply the worst news.
The first shot of the annual Royal Jockey Club is launched
The Queen was absent for the first time in years
Image image source Harper Bazaar
On Tuesday, June 14, the annual Royal Jockey Club Royal Ascot kicks off with a 5-day horse race.
On opening day, members of the royal family, including Prince Charles, Camilla, Princess Beatrice and Princess Anne, as well as royal family friends, celebrities and horse racing enthusiasts across the UK attended the conference.
Unfortunately, the Queen, Prince William and Princess Kate were absent. It was also the first time mad horse lover Elizabeth II had missed the Jockey Club.
Image image source Harper Bazaar
In fact, the annual Royal Jockey Club is not only a gathering place for horse racing enthusiasts, but also an important place for British high society to socialize. As the biggest luxury event of summer in the UK, if there is only one event that must be attended in a year, then celebrities will never miss the jockey club.
Of course, this time the 5-day horse race was attended by more than 300,000 people, but not all of them focused on the horse race itself.
Another theme of the Royal Jockey Club is fashion, and there is a strict dress code – female participants are required to wear headscarves, headdresses or hats at all times. Therefore, the various hats worn by people on the spot at the venue are the highlights of this week, so they are also called "hats of the event" by the British media.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, everyone in the past two years has been very careful and cautious. Now that the UK has completely let go, everyone has done everything in their power this year to compete for the title of "best hat on the spot".
Image image source Harper Bazaar
Hats have had a clearer concept of hierarchy since the Middle Ages, and royal hats in the court have gradually begun to be specially designed to symbolize absolute power and status, and this tradition continues to this day.
In addition, the popularity of hats in the UK is also related to the weather. It is not difficult to find that the weather is simply cloudy and uncertain in the United Kingdom for a long time, the first second is sunny, and the next second is instantly stormy, so the British feel that wearing a hat can both shade and block the rain, which is much more convenient than wearing a heavy umbrella (of course, this is the old Britain, and now the British directly head iron, do not bring anything)
This face
It's almost like an upgraded version of the Square Dance Mom Group
Image image source Harper Bazaar
Wreath spokesperson
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Is Xiangfei you?!
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Q blue and white porcelain sound track
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Poisoned flamingo combination
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Lady Gaga dedicates herself to the Royal Jockey Club
(She's not the real Gaga)
Image image source Harper Bazaar
Patriot color set
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And our immutable magician men
Image image source Harper Bazaar
Queen Elizabeth II, one of the world's top horse lovers, is known to visit the racecourse during these 5 days, after all, this is a grand event she has not wanted to miss for so many years.
I think that at that time, the Queen's grandmother directly rode into the Royal Jockey Club, and it was not until she was old that she took a carriage to participate in the opening ceremony.
Image credit: Harper Bazaar/EPA
I hope to participate in the small friends also have fun!
Try to see Grandma Queen with your own eyes
Brexit follow-up
The European Union may bring legal proceedings against the UK government
On Wednesday, June 15, the European Union is expected to launch legal proceedings against the UK government today in response to the UK government's decision to cancel post-Brexit trade arrangements.
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For now, British ministers insist that the mandatory screening of some shipments from the British mainland to Northern Ireland must be ended in order to sustain the peace process.
In response, the United Kingdom on Monday unveiled a parliamentary bill aimed at overturning some of the agreements signed with the EU in 2020. But the EU headquarters in Brussels said the bill was a direct violation of international law.
The Northern Ireland Protocol is part of the Brexit agreement that has enabled Northern Ireland to maintain a single market for goods in the EU – it prevents the hard border between Northern Ireland and Ireland, including inspections of the movement of people and goods, which is indeed what both the UK and the EU want to avoid to ensure that peace is maintained.
But at the same time, this means that some cargo arriving in Northern Ireland from the rest of the UK will have to be inspected – and the border has also been shifted from the junction of Northern Ireland and Ireland to between the British main island and Northern Ireland.
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Northern Ireland unionists bore the brunt of this: they argued that it created a trade border in the Irish Sea and could lead to the disintegration of Britain.
The British government says it would prefer to agree with the EU to amend the protocol rather than amend it alone. Foreign Secretary Liz Truss added: "We have been acting in good faith in these negotiations, but the fundamental issue affecting the stability of Northern Ireland lies in the protocol itself, and what we need is for the EU to agree to change the text of the protocol. ”
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At the heart of the UK government's plan are measures that will mitigate the impact on businesses – the Northern Ireland Protocol Bill sets out the concepts of a "green channel" and a "red channel" that include trade.
This will involve:
- Goods entering northern Ireland from the British mainland, namely England, Scotland and Wales, and staying there will be green lanes, meaning no inspection and minimal paperwork;
- Cargo entering Ireland or the wider EU from the British mainland through Northern Ireland will use the Red Channel, i.e. continue to be subject to cumbersome inspections at Northern Ireland's ports.
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In response, the EU said it would restart legal action that began last March, when it accused Britain of delaying the implementation of parts of the protocol related to customs inspections without consultation. It could also take Britain to the European Court of Justice, claiming it has not done enough to set up border controls and share data with the EU. "
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said: "The UK has made a very regrettable decision that violates all the agreements between the EU and the UK.
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
Image source GOV.UK official
Data from 15 June: 4,602 confirmed COVID-19 patients are currently hospitalized, bringing the total cumulative number of hospitalized COVID-19 patients to 751,595 (+4,177).
There are currently 128 (+1) COVID-19 patients using ventilators in England; A total of 155,934 COVID-19 patients died.
Wales region · Wales
Image source Welsh region official
Data from 26 May: 0 deaths recorded in Wales.
Northern Ireland · Northern Ireland
Image source Northern Ireland region official
Data from May 20: a total of 27 confirmed COVID-19 patients were hospitalized (=), and 20,332 confirmed COVID-19 patients (+24) were discharged, with a cure rate of 99.8%. There are 2 suspected/confirmed COVID-19 patients in the severe ICU (-1) and 16 spare severe ICU beds (-4).
Scotland region · Scotland
Image source Scottish region official
Since 5 March 2021, a total of 65,243 (*) confirmed patients have been discharged from hospital in Scotland. As of midnight on 5 June, 637 suspected/confirmed COVID-19 patients had recent hospitalizations (+47), of which 8 (+4) were confirmed to be in the intensive care unit ICU.