Affected by the extension of the variant of the virus epidemic, England and Scotland have declared a territory-wide lockdown, and The Japanese government is also considering a total suspension of foreigners’ entry applications.
Variant virus spread worldwide, affected by this, the British Prime Minister Johnson (Boris Johnson) in the late evening of the 4th through a television talk announced a national lockdown, the Scottish authorities also announced that since the 4th the whole territory blockade. The Japanese government is also considering suspending a series of unbundling measures and suspending all new applications for foreigners to enter the country.
In a televised statement, Prime Minister Johnson said that the spread of a new variant of the New Coronavirus (a Chinese Communist virus) is disheartening and alarming. In response, he announced that England will be closed from May until mid-February.
This is the second nationwide closure in England since March last year, and people must stay home from the epidemic except for shopping, sports, virus testing, medical treatment, escaping domestic violence and working outside the home if necessary. Primary and secondary schools also started to implement distance learning on the 4th.
According to British health Minister Matt Hancock, he is very concerned about the South African variant of the virus. This is because scientists are not entirely confident that the vaccine for the Chinese Communist virus (COVID-19) will work against the variant found in South Africa, ITV said, citing a British government scientific adviser who declined to be identified.
John Bell, a professor of medicine at Oxford University and a member of the government’s vaccine working group, also said on March 3 that the current vaccine is effective against the U.K. variant, but there is still a “question mark” about whether it will work against the South African variant, and that if the vaccine does not work against the South African variant, it could take a month or six weeks to get a new vaccine.
The South African variant virus is reportedly different from other variant viruses in that it infects human cells with multiple mutations in an important “spike protein” (Spike Protein). In addition, the South African variant also has a higher viral load, meaning that the concentration of viral particles in the patient’s body will be higher, potentially contributing to the rapid spread of the virus.
In addition, Scotland’s Chief Minister Nicola Sturgeon also announced on the 4th, from midnight will begin to implement new measures to close the city, not to buy essential goods, sports or care for the vulnerable are not allowed to go out, schools also use online teaching, all religious places will be temporarily closed, and banned from holding group sports, is expected to implement the relevant measures at least until the end of January.
In addition, the Japanese government had originally taken a phased relaxation of entry measures in order to strive to host the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics this summer, but with the expansion of the epidemic, the Japanese government is also considering suspending a series of relaxation measures, a complete suspension of new applications for foreigners to enter the country, including the original relaxation of entry of Taiwan, China, South Korea and other 11 countries business-related people. However, for special foreigners who need to make humanitarian considerations, they will continue to be allowed to enter the country on a special basis.
In addition, the Japanese government is considering issuing a “declaration of emergency” for Tokyo, Kanagawa, Saitama and Chiba prefectures, which will be issued as soon as this week.
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