For six days in a row, the UK has seen a decline in the number of corona infections, and this has led to many now scratching their heads, writes Sky News.
There is speculation as to what may be the reason for the decline in infection rates. Maybe it’s because of the end of the European Football Championship, the start of the school holidays, higher vaccine coverage, or maybe it’s simply because fewer people test themselves?
Several factors
Kit Malthouse, Britain’s junior police minister, has previously told Sky News that he believes the cause is “an interesting cocktail of effects”.
– Some will die
That several factors contribute to the decline in cases of infection seems to be a common theory in the government.
“Everyone is scratching their heads a little considering what exactly the explanation is,” admits Professor Mark Walport of the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE).
Professor Peter Openshaw of the advisory body New and Emerging Respiratory Virus Threats (NERVTAG) says that we should not be “over-excited” by the decline in the number of cases of infection.
– It is exciting to see the rather encouraging figures, but there have been some delays in the reporting, and we are still waiting for the complete data from the Office for National Statistics, Openshaw says to BBC Radio 4.
– Trying to infect as many as possible
– Fewer tests
Duncan Robertson, an expert on modeling and analysis of covid-19, says that we should look at the degree of positivity (or the percentage of tests that return positive), which is still “very high”, and which may indicate that not enough is being done. tests.
Among others, Christopher Jewel in the government’s Spi-M modeling group, has suggested that the decline in the number of cases of infection may be due to fewer people choosing to get tested.
– People may be less inclined to test themselves if they have booked a summer holiday, Jewel says The Times.
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The pandemic has revealed some of the deep-rooted problems in the UK’s care system, but employees in this sector have for several years asked for more state support, writes Sky News.
Last week, Downing Street admitted that the government had still not agreed on how to solve the problem.
– Can be linked to the European Football Championship
The European Football Championship may have ended in tears for England, but experts have since claimed that the crowds that gathered had a positive impact on the corona infection.
The number of infections has dropped for six days in a row, and the UK reported 24,950 new cases and four deaths yesterday.
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Paul Hunter, from the University of East Anglia, tells The Times that this could probably be linked to the European Football Championship 2020 – when crowds gathered in pubs and stadiums to watch “The Three Lions”.
– Many people may be appalled that I say this, but in the end, the European Football Championship may prove to be one of the things that makes the rest of the summer less stressful. Because we have effectively immunized far more young people, who otherwise would not have wanted or been available for a vaccine, says Hunter.
– But I want to emphasize that I will never propose it as a control strategy in advance, he concludes.
Ask people to stay home
The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Boris Johnson urges the population to “stick to the program” of self-isolation.
– Full speed into the fourth wave
Despite the fact that the “pling demi” has led to many isolating themselves and several companies have been forced to close, the government has now refused to grant exemptions from the self-isolation obligation for fully vaccinated people. They say they are sticking to the scheduled date of August 16.
- “Plingdemien” is a term used that very many have been told to isolate themselves via the country’s infection tracking app.
– I know that people have been frustrated with the “plinging” and the self-isolation, I understand it very well, especially now that we are starting to see some better numbers, Johnson says.
– But I think everyone understands that this is still a very dangerous disease. We need to use the tools we have, and self-insulation is the tool we have. I encourage people to do that, he says.
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