London, December 30 The British government announced on the 30th that the level of COVID-19 prevention and control in the Midlands, the northeast, parts of the northwest and parts of the southwest of central England will be raised to the highest level four from the 31st.
According to the introduction, the spread of mutant COVID-19 is currently on the rise in many parts of England. After analyzing the latest epidemic data, the British government has decided to upgrade the prevention and control level to level 4 in the above areas from the 31st; most other regions will be upgraded to level 3.
British Prime Minister Johnson said at the epidemic press conference on the 30th that the mutant coronavirus spread faster and stronger measures must be taken.
The British government announced the emergence of mutant novel coronavirus on the 14th, and then successively announced that the prevention and control level of the capital London, southeastern and most of England’s east was raised from level 3 to the newly added level 4.
According to the data released by the British government on the 30th, there have been 5,023 new confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus in the past 24 hours, with a total of 2432,888 confirmed cases.