Uk rejects more restrictions and asks to learn to “coexist” with the coronavirus

In a column in the Daily Mail, British Health Minister Sajid Javid wrote: “Limiting our freedom must be absolutely a last resort and the British people rightly expect us to do everything in our power to prevent it. Since taking on this role six months ago, I have also been acutely aware of the enormous health, social and economic costs that quarantines entail. Therefore, I determined that we must give ourselves the opportunity to live with the virus and avoid strict measures in the future.” The minister gave as the main argument that this new outbreak of coronavirus, driven in large part by the new variant Ómicron, does not cause as many deaths or serious hospitalizations as the previous ones. According to experts, mainly because of the high vaccination rate that exists in the country.” The number (of people) in intensive care units remains stable and for the moment does not follow the trajectory we saw last year in this period during the alpha wave,” Javid said in his column, reproduced by the British newspaper The Guardian.No however, admitted that the British health system will “inevitably” be under much greater strain in the coming weeks due to a “sharp increase” in hospitalizations and demand. increasing testing. Anticipating this possibility, the nhs announced yesterday that it is installing temporary structures on hospital grounds with hundreds of extra beds to prepare for the “worst-case scenario”.

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