
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson submitted a government plan to remove restrictions in connection with the Covid-19 coronavirus in England, Interfax reports. Voting on the road map of restrictions should be held in the House of Commons in early March. According to the plan of the British government, the restrictions will be removed depending on the situation in four stages, the newspaper The Guardian wrote with reference to the statement of Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
As part of the first stage, it is expected to open schools in England from March 8 , and people will be allowed to communicate one on one in parks and in other public places.
From March 29 , when the school holidays in honor of Easter will begin in England, people will allow people to meet in groups of up to six people. From April 12 , shops, hairdressers, manicure salons, and libraries should open. The ban on international trips will remain in force for a long time.
Then, the remaining restrictions on social contacts will be the earliest from June 21 . In addition, the British government will revise a number of existing restrictions.
At the same time, on Monday, it also became known that the first vaccination with Pfizer-Biontech vaccine reduces the risk of infection with Covid-19 coronavirus by 70%. "The data indicate that one dose reduces the risk of picking up an infection by more than 70%, and the second dose is 85%," the National Health Service said on the British Government website.
The effectiveness of the vaccine from Pfizer and Biontech according to the results of the final stage of clinical tests was 95%. It consists of two doses. They are introduced with an interval of 21 days.
The study among the population under 65 was attended by medical workers. They made coronavirus tests every two weeks. The National Health Service also analyzed the scheduled tests on the COVID-19 among the population over 80. It turned out that the elderly one vaccination with a vaccine effectively protects against coronavirus infection with concomitant symptoms in 57% of cases, and two vaccinations in more than 85%.
The risk of dying from coronavirus in people over 80 years old who vaccinated is 56% less than those who did not participate in vaccination.