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Covid, British government: “We expect an increase in deaths” | Europeans, WHO official: “Devastating contagion live”

Meanwhile, the new daily cases of Covid in Great Britain are 34,471, the third highest peak since mid-January after the more than 35,000 and 37,000 recorded on 6 and 7 July, now fed 99% of the island by the Delta variant imported from India. On 1.1 million swabs, official data released by the government certify this.


However, Prime Minister Johnson confirmed, in a briefing from Downing Street, of the end of the residual restrictions imposed by law in the country starting from July 19, albeit with a renewed appeal to “caution” and individual responsibility. in the face of a threat, that of the pandemic, which – the premier remarked – is not yet behind us.

Europeans, WHO official: “Devastating contagion live

“The doubts that having played most of the European races in England was not a good idea were expressed by the WHO.” Should I enjoy watching the contagion unfold before my eyes? The pandemic does not take a break, the Delta variant will take advantage of unvaccinated people, in crowded environments, without masks, screaming / shouting / singing. Devastating. ”This was tweeted by Maria van Kerkhove, technical manager of the World Health Organization for the Covid-19 crisis, watching live TV images of the fans during the final in Lonfra.


In Great Britain the effect attributed to vaccines (with almost 81 million doses now administered in the country) continues to keep at lower levels for now – pending the verification of the alarms on the potential consequences of crowding allowed during the semifinals and of the Wembley final of the European football championships – both the increase in hospitalizations and above all that of the deaths: the latter in the last 24 hours actually decreased to no more than 6 against the 26 recorded on Sunday, albeit against the background of a lightened figure on Monday from the traditional delay of part of the statistical data referring to the weekend.

In the US, infections increased by 47% in the last week In the United States, meanwhile, coronavirus infections are increasing. In the last seven days, in fact, an average of about 19,455 cases has been recorded in the country, with an increase of 47% compared to the previous week. The data from Johns Hopkins University report it. The worst affected states are Florida, Louisiana, Arkansas, Missouri and Nevada, where vaccination rates are surprisingly low.

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