The UK’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced to drop COVID-19 measures, as he seeks to coexist with the virus nationwide.
COVID-19 cases are decreasing in the UK, with 95,243 new infections reported on average each day, representing 50% of the peak, according to Reuters’ latest COVID Tracker, released this Wednesday.
“Many nations across Europe have endured further winter lockdowns…but this government took a different path,” Johnson said in a statement, adding that the government had got the toughest decisions right and that the numbers going into intensive care were falling, according to Reuters.
“Our scientists believe it is likely that the Omicron wave has now peaked nationally… because of the extraordinary booster campaign, together with the way the public has responded to the Plan B measures, we can return to Plan A,” the UK’s prime minister added.
According to him, even though cases soared to record highs, hospitalizations and deaths have not risen sharply, following the country’s largest booster rollout as well as the variant’s mild effect.
The UK has administered at least 136,669,829 doses of COVID vaccines so far, about to achieve 102.2% of the country’s population, according to Reuters’ tally.
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