Britain has passed the peak of the incidence of coronavirus, said Prime Minister country Boris Johnson during the daily briefing, the first who spent he after recovered from Covid-19.
next week, Johnson has promised to submit a plan to the weakening of quarantine measures and the economic recovery. Its main purpose is to restart the economy, to re-open schools and to resume the work of the companies.
In his speech Mr Johnson also thanked the staff of the National health service of Britain.
According to him, in assessing the situation, the government will be guided by five criteria. One of the important criteria is to reduce the number R0, i.e. the number of people that can infect single carrier.
Now the figure in Britain is below the unit and is in the range 0.6−0.9. This is reflected in the number of new cases of the disease, which is also falling, said scientific Advisor to the government Patrick Wallace.
a Steady decrease in this indicator will be the condition for the weakening of quarantine measures. Among other conditions — absence of congestion of the hospitals, a steady decrease in mortality and the achievement of the objectives of the government testing on citizens Covid-19.
According to Johnson, the goal is to test 100 of thousands of citizens every day, delivered by Matt Hancock, has almost been reached. On the eve of Britain, the virus has tested more than 80 thousand people.
Johnson was hospitalized in early March with symptoms of coronavirus and spent three nights in the intensive care unit. Earlier Thursday, Johnson held the first Cabinet meeting after hospital admission.
According to the latest figures announced by the Johnson, the number of virus related deaths in Britain reached 26711 people.
