Britain's "epidemic prevention squalor" has worried the rest of the UK and other European countries

The BBC reported on Tuesday that the newly appointed British Health Minister Javid announced on the same day that from August 16, close contacts who have received two doses of the new crown vaccine will not need to self-isolate, and the same policy also applies to people under 18 years old, so as to reduce the interference caused to the workplace and schools. He also said the UK government would provide more details about the self-isolation rules for international travel this week. British Prime Minister Johnson also announced on Monday that a total lifting of the ban on England will be carried out on the 19th of this month, which has worried the rest of the United Kingdom and other European countries.

The Daily Mail said on the 6th that the Summer Holiday in the United Kingdom will be officially launched on the 19th of this month. The Johnson administration announced that the UK will abolish travel quarantine regulations as early as July 19, allowing millions of fully vaccinated Britons to be exempted from quarantine after returning home from a vacation abroad, and the 19th was called "Freedom Day" by the British media. Not only that, Health Minister Javid told the House of Commons on the 6th that the "protective wall" brought about by vaccination will end the restriction of social distancing.

In response, Northern Ireland's First Deputy Minister Michel O'Neill said Johnson's approach to ending the epidemic prevention restrictions in England was reckless. She said Northern Ireland would review its rules and then make a decision on July 8, but "would not follow the England model". Ireland's deputy prime minister, Leo Varadekar, called England's plan "too risky" and warned that if something went wrong, it would have a "spillover effect" on neighbouring countries. The Financial Times said on the 6th that England is on the verge of an unprecedented public health experiment, because it is ready to remove almost all anti-epidemic restrictions while the cases are growing exponentially.

The British government's "big throw" on epidemic prevention policy not only worries the country, but even the "left and right neighbors" are terrified. French government spokesman Gabriel Attar recently said the rebound in Spain and Portugal was linked to the premature opening of borders, particularly with the UK. Charles, professor of infectious disease epidemiology at Imperial College London, said: "The government's decision to eliminate the epidemic has undoubtedly created the perfect conditions for the spread and mutation of the virus, and these measures are not only risky for England, but may even hinder the global fight against the COVID-19 pandemic." ”

Data released by the United Kingdom on the 6th showed that as of the same day, 3/5 of adults in the country had completed two doses of new crown vaccination. On the same day, there were 28,773 new confirmed cases, with a cumulative total of 4958868 confirmed cases; 37 new deaths, with 128268 cumulative deaths.

Author: Sun Wei

Source: Global Times