As the number of new confirmed cases from the third epidemic of the novel coronavirus infectious disease increases rapidly around the world, countries are imposing a blockade. Britain has blocked all of England, and Germany has extended the blockade until this month. This is Taek-Sung Oh.
Britain, whose number of confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus exceeded 60,000 a day, finally came out with a third blockade.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson spoke to the public on Thursday that the country must be locked down to control the coronavirus virus.
[녹취: 존슨 총리] “It’s clear that we need to do more together to bring this new variant under control. We must therefore go into a national lockdown, which is tough enough to contain this variant.”
The British blockade is the third time after last year’s March and November, and all areas of England are banned from going out except for essential purchasing activities such as food and medicine, hospital treatment, and commuting when working from home is not possible.
Elementary schools teach online classes from middle and high schools to universities, and restaurants can only be packaged and delivered, but indoors are not allowed.
We also set a limit on the number of people for specific social activities, but representatively, only 6 people can attend weddings and 30 people at funerals.
According to WHO statistics from the World Health Organization, as of the 5th, the number of new cases per day around the world reached 541,000.
The cumulative number of confirmed cases exceeded 84.47 million and the death toll reached about 1.85 million.
In particular, the number of confirmed cases in the United States exceeds 330,000 per day, and Europe also records more than 180,000.
As the explosive spread of the novel coronavirus continues, more and more countries, like the UK, are taking strong measures of national containment.
Germany announced on the 5th that it will continue with a stronger policy than the blockade it has taken so far until the end of this month.
Prime Minister Angela Merkel said at a press conference today that “to reduce the number of new infections to a traceable level, the containment measures will be further strengthened to reduce contact to a minimum.”
Accordingly, in Germany, only one person outside the household is allowed in private gatherings, and in areas with more than 200 new confirmed cases per 100,000 population, movement over a 15 km radius of residence is restricted without special reasons, such as a visit to a hospital.
Shutdowns in schools and child care facilities will continue until the end of this month.
The same goes for Israel. The Jerusalem Post newspaper reported that the blockade policy will begin from midnight on the 7th in Israel on the 5th.
According to the newspaper, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said at the meeting that decided on this policy, “Israel must immediately issue a full blockade.” “The more time delays, the faster the disease will spread and will have to pay a higher price.”
Accordingly, the meeting limit will be reduced from 10 to 5 people indoors and from 20 to 10 people outdoors, and all stores will be closed except for the sale of daily necessities.
In addition to domestic blockades, more and more countries are restricting movement between countries.
Japan has banned foreigners from entering the country until the end of this month to limit the influx of mutant viruses from the UK.
EU countries, Taiwan, Vietnam, Philippines, Australia and New Zealand also temporarily restrict entry for all foreigners.
North Korea is the first country in the world to block its borders, and the border blockade, which began in January last year, has continued for nearly a year.
Meanwhile, Land Bogosian co-representative of’Aton Capital’, a Canadian company that identifies countries that can enter Japan without a visa with only their passports, and publishes a global mobility index, that is, a passport index, said in an email to VOA on the 5th, It has devastated mobility around the world.”
According to the analysis of’Aton Capital’, the global open score combined with the mobility scores of each country has decreased significantly from 21,000 points at the end of 2019 to 15,000 points as of January 5th.
This is Taekseong Oh, VOA News.