The letter outlines five key areas the medics urge the government to reconsider as they move towards lifting the last of England’s restrictions, chief among those areas being the safety of young people and the risk of further COVID-19 mutations in a quasi-vaccinated population.
As schoolchildren and young people in the UK are ineligible for COVID-19 jabs due to current age restrictions, this still leaves millions of the country’s youth at risk of catching the illness and suffering from its side effects. The letter warns that educational institutions could become a hotbed for infection, given that the ‘bubble’ system has been scrapped and pupils will no longer have to self-isolate after coming into contact with someone carrying the virus, under the government’s plans.
The authors also expressed alarm that the government’s approach to unlocking “provides fertile ground for the emergence of vaccine-resistant variants”.
Other issues of concern raised were an inevitable rise in hospital admissions and how poorer parts of the country could suffer the brunt of the virus circulating most heavily in their localities “as deprived communities are more exposed to and more at risk from COVID-19”.
After revealing England’s lockdown lift plan, Johnson was criticized by opposition leader Keir Starmer, who warned that the UK is in for “a summer of chaos and confusion” as the scheme to unlock is neither “careful”, nor “controlled”.
Coronavirus measures set to be eased from July 19 in England include the reopening of nightclubs, the removal of the six people per table limit inside, as well as no caps on the number of attendees at gatherings, as well as the removal of the one meter social distance rule. Masks will also be scrapped.
Amidst the grand plans to unlock for mid-July, the Delta variant has wreaked havoc across the UK. The strain is about 60% more transmissible than other coronavirus variants and is now responsible for almost all COVID-19 infections in the country, according to Public Health England.
Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the UK has reported more than 5 million cases and over 128,000 deaths.
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- Coronavirus measures set to be eased from July 19 in England include the reopening of nightclubs, the removal of the six people per table limit inside, as well as no caps on the number of attendees at gatherings, as well as the removal of the one meter social distance rule.
- Other issues of concern raised were an inevitable rise in hospital admissions and how poorer parts of the country could suffer the brunt of the virus circulating most heavily in their localities “as deprived communities are more exposed to and more at risk from COVID-19”.
- The letter outlines five key areas the medics urge the government to reconsider as they move towards lifting the last of England's restrictions, chief among those areas being the safety of young people and the risk of further COVID-19 mutations in a quasi-vaccinated population.
