London: Coronavirus cases are continuously increasing in Britain. The new form of the virus (Corona Strain) has made Britain panic. Given this, Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced on Monday the nationwide lockdown. With the announcement, the Prime Minister has appealed to the people to stay at home.
Schools, colleges, and universities will run through remote study only from Tuesday after the lockdown announcement. People can move out of the house only for the necessary work. Important items like, office, exercise, medical help and can avoid domestic violence.
Addressing the country, the Prime Minister said, “As the cases of infection are increasing, it has become clear that we need to work harder. So we should implement a nationwide lockdown. “
The lockdown is expected to last until mid-February
The Prime Minister suggested to the Chief Medical Officers of Britain to raise Covid alert level-five in the country. That is, if the action is not taken immediately, more cases may come from the capacity of the NHS.
Addressing the country, he said that the biggest vaccination program has been started in Britain and more people have been vaccinated than in the rest of Europe.
He said that vaccination is gaining momentum. The reason is the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine, whose vaccination has been started today.
The Prime Minister said that “if all goes well, by mid-February, the government hopes that everyone in the four priority groups will get the vaccine.” If we are able to give vaccines to all of these groups, then we will be able to remove a large population from the path of the virus. ”
