British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, is preparing to announce on Monday the end of the restrictions to stop the covid, in a message that it was time to move on, despite political opposition and reluctance from UN health authorities.
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Two years after covid-19 unleashed the worst crisis in generations, Johnson will address Parliament to lay out his plan, despite the announcement on Sunday that Queen Elizabeth II has tested positive for covid.
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Opposition parties accuse Johnson of wanting to distract attention at a time when his position is in jeopardy due to the investigation about a series of parties at the official residence of Downing Street during confinement.
He is also accused of wanting to ingratiate himself with conservative representatives who are dissatisfied with restrictions on civil liberties. “Today marks a proud moment after one of the most difficult periods in our country’s history, as we will start living with covid“, said the leader on Monday before the council of ministers to approve the plan.
Johnson stressed that the pandemic is not over, but that thanks to the “incredible” rollout of vaccines, the country is one step closer to “getting back to normal” and “finally giving people their freedom back,” while continuing to protect yourself.
Under the plan, the government wants to announce this week an end to the legal obligation for people to self-isolate when infected. Other aspects of the plan is the delegation to local authorities of the management of future outbreaks with prior legal measures and the end of free tests to detect covid.
It is worrying that the UK is taking this line that is against the public health consensus and that other countries are saying, ‘Well if the UK is doing it, then why not us?’
For its part, the confederation of the nhswhich represents the highest positions in the national health system, indicated that an internal survey indicated that the majority of its members oppose ending isolation measures and giving free tests to the population.
Matthew Taylor, the Confederation’s chief executive, admitted that the government’s massive vaccination program and the arrival of new treatments against covid offer “real hope”.
“But the government can’t come in and wave a magic wand and pretend the threat has completely disappeared,” he added. David Nabarroa delegate from the World Health Organization specialized in Covid, expressed that eliminating the law on the isolation of those infected seems “truly unwise”.
The UK has suffered one of the worst per capita death rates from the pandemic, “It really worries me that the UK is taking this line which is against the public health consensus and that other countries are saying, ‘Well if the UK does, so why not us?”
The Labor opposition has described the move to remove free trials as “replacing your best defender 10 minutes from the end of a match”. “BOris Johnson is declaring victory before the war is overin an attempt to distract from the police knocking on their door,” said health spokesman Wes Streeting.AFP
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