An increase in the number of coronavirus cases in Scotland led the UK overall to its largest increase in 8 weeks, while new infections north of the border reached 123, its highest overall level in 3 months.
Scotland overall rose by 57% since yesterday’s total of 71, and experts blamed an outbreak at the 2 Sisters meat processing plant in Coupar Angus.
In the UK, there were 1288 new ones today, up from 1,077 last Saturday.
Another 18 people have died from the disease in all settings, adding nursing homes, hospitals and the network in general, bringing the total number of deaths in the UK to 41,423.
Prime Minister Nicola Sturgeon described the number of cases as “worrying.”
Today, the number of cases on a Saturday is higher than the maximum since June 20, when another 1,295 people were diagnosed covid-19. That day, 71 other people died after testing positive.
Britain’s total workload on the pandemic reached 324,601 people.
Meanwhile, Scotland today recorded its largest accumulation of coronavirus cases in 3 months after 123 new diagnoses were reported, up from 71 yesterday.
Some 78 of those deaths were reported at NHS Tayside, the largest building on a singles fitness board.
The Coupar Angus food processing plant, which has been connected to a peak of 68 instances, is located throughout this area.
Sturgeon said the buildup will be noticed in the context of the food plant’s coronavirus group.
There were no reports of further deaths in Scotland. Wales reported 34 new cases and deaths.
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An increase in coronavirus cases in Scotland led the UK overall to its largest buildup in 8 weeks, while new infections north of the border reached 123, its highest overall level in 3 months.
Scotland overall has 57% higher compared to and experts have blamed an outbreak at the 2 Sisters meat processing plant in Coupar Angus
Another 18 people died from Covid-19 in all settings, adding nursing homes, hospitals and the wider network, bringing the total number of deaths in the UK to 41423
The poultry plant (pictured) closed on Monday morning and is expected to remain closed for some time. Workers were asked to stay at home and isolate themselves until August 31
After the revelation of the dramatic accumulation in some cases, Sturgeon tweeted: ‘123 new positive cases of Covid are, of course, troubling.
However, this requires some context: 78 of them are in Tayside, where we are dealing with the epidemic at the 2 Sisters food processing plant.
“It is vital that all staff and the family contacts circle adhere to the recommendation to isolate themselves.”
At the Scottish government’s coronavirus briefing on Friday, the Prime Minister said the Coupar Angus food processing plant closed for two weeks after the outbreak.
She said: “I can verify that, in general, 68 cases have been known in connection with this epidemic: five other people running in the factory and nine of their contacts.”
Former Chief Scientific Adviser, Professor Sir Mark Walport (pictured)
“Two of these contacts have links to other food processing plants in Tayside. The incident control team is testing both sites.”
He said everyone at the plant had been asked to self-isolate the family for 14 days to prevent further spread of the virus.
This comes after a former chief scientific adviser warned that coronavirus would be provided and that other people will likely want normal vaccines that oppose it.
Professor Sir Mark Walport, who is a member of the Government’s Scientific Emergency Advisory Group (Sage), said that, like influenza, repeated inoculations will be needed for epidemics; however, Covid-19 will never be “eradicated by vaccination” like smallpox. Was.
At the same time, Austria, Switzerland, Croatia and Trinidad and Tobago were added to the list of countries subject to quarantine restrictions in Scotland.
Switzerland remains on England’s list of salons, meaning that any maruca arriving in England from Switzerland will not have to isolate itself.
Starting at 4am on Saturday, those returning to Scotland from those 4 countries will have to isolate themselves for 14 days.
England has also imposed restrictions from Austria, Croatia and Trinidad and Tobago.
Portugal, however, has been removed from the foreign quarantine lists of England and Scotland.
Sir Walport’s stern caution comes amid fears that the country might see a momentary national blockade if he sees an increase in instances such as Spain, a resolution that the professor has absolutely ruled out.
Speaking on BBC Radio 4’s Today show, he said: “It’s a virus that will stay with us one way or another and will almost in fact require repeated vaccines,” he said.
“So, as with the flu, other people will want to revaccinate at normal intervals.”
The scientist also cautioned that it was conceivable that the virus would be “uncontrollable” again, but said that more specific measures can now be used instead of a generic blockade.
He added: “People have argued strongly that applying generic blockages is not the answer. Initially, that was the case, but now we can be much more specific in the approach.
At the Scottish government’s coronavirus briefing on Friday, the Prime Minister said the Coupar Angus food processing plant was closed for two weeks after the outbreak. Pictured, prime ministers’ questions on Thursday
Masked soldier prepares poultry factory to install cell control unit for staff
The government’s Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE) estimates that the R price, the average number of other people inflamed with a coronavirus patient, is now between 0.9 and 1.1, above last week’s forecast of around 0.8 and 1.0.
When asked if Britain would ever see any other widespread blockade again, he replied: “It is never a very strong word. The purpose is local control, increasing the amount of testing, giving recommendations to prevent this from happening.”
“But is there a scenario in which it gets out of control? And, of course, it’s possible.”
Local locks in Manchester and Leicester have already been implemented, and Families from Oldham and Blackburn will be banned from meeting at home from midnight.
Professor Walport’s comments came after the head of the World Health Organization said he expected the coronavirus pandemic to end in two years.
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said it took two years to succeed over the Spanish flu in 1918, but that technological advances can prevent Covid-19 in a “shorter time”.
Speaking in Geneva on Friday, he said: “Of course, with more connectivity, the virus has a greater spread.
“But at the same time, we also have the generation to prevent it and the wisdom to prevent it.”
Fears about the “national measures” imaginable to combat an increase in cases come after the R rate exceeded one for the first time since restrictions were lifted in July.
Senior officials have said that local epidemics can also distort the number of reproductions, that they will need to stay below one to prevent an additional build-up of infections, but some other national blockade may soon be needed to stop the spread.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson said another blockade was an “element of nuclear deterrence” in an interview with the Daily Telegraph last month, which ruled out the option of a momentary national closure.
But the government would like a scenario like Spain’s, where 142 cases consisting of 100,000 inhabitants constitute the fastest developing infection rate in Europe.
A high-ranking government source told the Daily Telegraph: ‘If this is not contained, some things may have been opened up, you must wonder if you want to take action for other things.
His stern caution arises amid fears that the country may see a moment of lockout if he sees an increase in cases such as Spain (an illustrated comparison), a resolution that Professor Walport has absolutely discarded.
The strategy is to manage this through local management of the epidemic, but if you go to Spain, you can obviously see what is there, and in France, other people are taking more action at the national level. ”
They added that the prospect of a national closure depended on the “trajectory” of the and how fast epidemics can cope.
Another source told the newspaper: “We are hunting in an autumn and winter and this is going in the direction of a build-up in cases and epidemics. The daily number of cases in the UK is almost double the total in early June, and is expected to recover once schools reopen in September.
Oliver Johnson, a professor of data theory at the University of Bristol, said, ‘The biggest fear is that R-values of this magnitude do not leave a significant margin before the epidemic begins to grow again, and raises the option that some reopenings may need to be canceled to allow schools to open safely.
There are about 11 cases consistent with another 100,000 people in Britain and only 97 hospitalized. But Public Health England surveillance showed that case detection in England increased from 5763 to 6418 in the week to August 16, by an 11% more.
Oldham, Pendle and Blackburn homes will not be able to socialize from Saturday. Oldham outlets are shown yesterday
Confusion erupted over the existing trajectory of the Covid-19 crisis in the UK. SAGE warned that the point of British coronavirus R may now be above the dreaded point of just 1 hour after a government surveillance review revealed that cases had subsided.
Government advisers estimate that the R price, the average number of other people inflamed with each coronavirus patient, is now between 0.9 and 1.1, above last week’s prediction that it was around 0.8 and 1. You will need to stay below 1 or the virus may begin to spread exponentially.
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