Oral rhinovirus In the case UK It dropped by nearly 40% in one week and fell below 30,000 for the first time in two weeks.
on Sunday, Public Health England There were 29,173 new cases, a decline for the fifth consecutive day.
This is the first time it has fallen below 30,000 since July 11, when there were 29,985 cases, the lowest number since July 10, at 27,843 cases.
According to reports, since government officials seem to admit that the Beta variant threat has been contained, the country is likely to be removed from the “Amber Plus” list.
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Despite Holyrood’s promise, Sturgeon denies that it has not reached the vaccine target
Scotland’s Chief Minister Nicolas Sturgeon claimed that the Scottish government’s goal is to provide a second dose of vaccine to people aged 40-49 by Monday, despite a promise in Holyrood over a month ago that they will meet the deadline. Before delivery.
Opposition parties criticized the Scottish government for promising to vaccinate the 40-49 age group with a second dose before Monday. At that time, only 75.8% of the people in this group were fully resistant to Covid-19.
But the First Minister told PA News Agency that the goal was to provide the first dose by July 26, not to provide them.
However, Ms. Sturgeon told MSP in the coronavirus update submitted to Parliament, “By July 26, we expect to receive a second dose of all people between 40 and 49 years of age.”
In a speech at the Scottish Police Training Academy in Toulialand on Monday, Ms. Sturgeon said: “I think the important thing is that we deal with facts and not naive politics. This is not something we should do now.
“I didn’t miss any vaccination goals. This is not an opinion, but a fact.
“The goal we have set for ourselves is to provide the first dose of vaccine to every adult, everyone over 18 years old, and two doses of vaccine for the age group over 40 years old so far.
“These goals have been achieved, and everyone in these age groups has received these proposals and appointments.
“According to the standards of any previous vaccination plan, the vaccination rate is very high.”
Northern Ireland: 639 new cases and zero deaths
Northern Ireland has registered 639 new cases in the past 24 hours with no deaths.
YouGov finds that support for the government to deal with the pandemic has declined
According to YouGov data, since England lifted restrictions on July 19, the proportion of people who believe that the government is dealing with the coronavirus pandemic has dropped from 41% to 34%.
The polling company also found that Conservative voters’ support for how the government handles Covid-19 has dropped from 73% to 56%.
SAGE experts say that people are cautiously ending the lockdown and the UK may not see a further peak of COVID cases
According to the Guardian, Sir Jeremy Farah, director of the Wellcome Foundation and member of SAGE, said he hopes that there will be no “mass backlash” in the country’s cases.
He said he believes that people’s behavior has changed and is “more cautious” than anyone imagined.
Sir Jeremy said in a question-and-answer session at the Government Research Institute when he left home that he had seen “more gradual and cautious lifting of restrictions.”
He added: “Therefore, I hope that if we continue to proceed cautiously step by step, we will not see a large-scale rebound.”
Opinion survey found that since “Freedom Day”, the use of masks among young people has fallen
A new poll by YouGov shows that the use of masks among young people has declined since “Freedom Day” on July 19.
The survey found that among 18-24 year-olds, 46% said they had worn a mask in public places in the past two weeks, compared with 58% on July 16 and 64% on June 2 respectively.
At the same time, a survey of 1,742 British adults conducted between July 21 and 22 found that people in other age groups still wear face masks, which is comparable to 69% of all British people who said they were in the past. The proportion of wearing masks in two weeks is roughly the same, while in the past two weeks, this proportion was 71%. The percentage on July 16 and the 73% on June 2.
YouGov also stated that young people are less likely to be fully vaccinated and more likely to disable their NHS Covid-19 app.
Scotland records 1,000 new Covid-19 cases
The latest data shows that Scotland has recorded 1,000 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, but no further deaths.
This means that the number of deaths measured daily-the people who tested positive for the virus for the first time in the past 28 days-is still 7,859, although the Scottish government pointed out that the registry is now usually closed on weekends.
There were 475 hospitalizations on Sunday, and Covid-19 was recently diagnosed, which was lower than the previous day’s 480, of which 65 patients were in the intensive care unit, an increase of 1 person from the previous day.
According to data released by the Scottish government on Monday, the daily test positive rate was 8%, higher than the 7.5% the day before.
So far, 3,998,627 people have received the first dose of Covid vaccine and 3,092,102 people have received the second dose.
The deputy leader of the Labor Party said the government’s vaccine passport plan “would not work”
During a visit to Impact Hub, a co-working space in central London, Angela Rayner said: “We think this is actually not going to work. We should encourage people to get vaccinated as soon as possible and encourage people to take regular tests as well. Because this is who we are. Ways to control the virus.
“Of course, even with these two vaccines, you can still get Covid, so testing must be an important part of the plan.”
She earlier talked about the vaccine passport: “Bureaucracy should not fall on companies. The practicality of many companies, whether in the hotel industry or in other organizations, is absolutely struggling during this pandemic. Companies will never be able to review and check the legality of these vaccine passports everywhere.”
Downing Street said that about 500 locations will be established this week, and if they come into contact with the coronavirus, Double Spurs workers will be exempted from self-isolation
The government has promised that as many as 500 locations critical to food supply and 200 locations responsible for emergencies and transportation workers will participate in the plan to replace quarantine with testing.
A No. 10 spokesperson could not say how many websites are currently operating the program.
But he added: “We expect 500 sites to be tested within this week. We said at the weekend that after the government has been in close contact with industries affected by self-isolation, we have launched daily tests in the workplace.
“Obviously, we want to avoid any interruptions in critical services.”
Downing Street did not deny the report that students need to be fully vaccinated to attend university lectures
A No. 10 spokesperson said: “You have heard what the prime minister said, especially the pandemic is not over yet.”
“We are still studying the scope of vaccination certification.”
When asked if he is concerned about vaccination among young people, the spokesperson said: “I think you will continue to see more and more young people take the initiative to vaccinate, whether it is the first dose or the second dose now.
“Of course, we hope to see more people come forward and accept it.
“We want to see everyone who is invited to come for vaccinations do the same. This is the message we continue to try to convey to young people.”
Due to flooding, London Hospital cancelled all scheduled surgery and outpatient appointments
The Barts Health NHS Trust, which operates two hospitals in East London affected by the floods, has released an update.
It said severe flooding in the area on Sunday caused the basement of Whipps Cross Hospital to flood and power outages.
The A&E departments of Whipps Cross and Newham Hospital were closed, and ambulances were re-transferred to nearby locations.
Now Newham has been cleaned up and the emergency room is open, but the scheduled surgery and outpatient appointments at Whipps Cross that day have been cancelled. People are still advised to go elsewhere in an emergency.
