The resolution to impose the rule was initiated by Chris Whitty, the lead physician, who warned that the accumulation in instances in Spain is “statistically significant”, having accumulated 6,355 since Friday. As a result, the government felt compelled to act quickly.
On Sunday at Sophy Ridge, Dominic Raab defended the decision, saying a correct “real-time response” and that anything else would “stir the waters.”
Of course, this has not worked well in Spain, where the tourism sector relies heavily on the influx of Britons. Its president of the government, Pedro Sánchez, criticized the restrictions, saying that “64.5% of the new registered bodies are in two territories” and that in peak countries the prevalence of Covid-10 “decreases much than in the UK”.
In fact, it is basically Catalonia in the northeast and near Aragon that has peaks of persistent and constant infections. In any case, the infection rate for the country now stands at 35.1 cases, consisting of 100,000, compared to the UK which stands at 14.7 (according to the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control), hence the new concern.
Not only is the president of the Spanish government unhappy with information, but also industry, which will fight enormously for the uncertainty it generates.
It has already been reported that a large number of trips to France, Italy and Greece have since been cancelled, a trend that is expected to be accentuated after Boris Johnson warned of a momentary wave in Europe.
The resolution may inadvertently exacerbate social inequalities, which the coronavirus crisis has already highlighted, as those with low-paid local jobs will not be able to isolate themselves, for example, from bankers at home.
The government has said universal credits will be presented to those whose source of income is affected, but the practical implications of a two-week paint stoppage are nothing the state can mitigate. Moreover, it can simply be said that the Government’s action contradicts its own willingness to return others to paint on 1 August, taking into account all the dangers involved.
While the rules will damage many vacation plans, there are at least some smart news. According to The Telegraph, ministers seek to reduce quarantine time for those returning from Spain to ten days. This resolution is very likely to extend to other destinations, especially since countries such as France and Germany have also seen an increase in coronavirus cases.
Ministers should reduce quarantine time by controlling arrivals from high-risk countries 8 days after landing (coronavirus takes five to seven days to incubate). If the mark is negative, they will be allowed to leave the self-isolation two days later. This plan is expected to slow the era of self-isolation for about a week, and as a skill of scientists to control the coronavirus, we hope that those control plans can go even further.
It is also worth asking whether the threat of quarantine regulations is also inevitable, given that countries are now much more effective in testing. Fears of a momentary wave could be exacerbated by the fact that governments may now stumble more on the virus.
Although anger is against the government, Raab was right to say that a realization of the Spanish quarantine would have caused confusion in the industry (although this also happened as a result of the decision).
Part of the government’s immediate reaction to what is happening in Spain reflects what happened at the start of the coronavirus outbreak in the UK. An examination through researchers from Oxford and the University of Edinburgh found that the highest cases in the UK go back to Spain (34%), France (29%) Italy (14%), unlike China.
One can simply say that there is a “once bit twice shy” detail in the newly imposed quarantine. And if the government hadn’t done anything, it would certainly be accused of harshness through the same old epidemiologists.
What happens next on a trip? Like much of the coronavirus crisis, everyone assumes it.
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