The UK Under Pressure To Reimpose Restrictions

Many scientists are pressing the British government to reimpose social restrictions and speed up booster vaccinations as coronavirus infection rates, already Europe’s highest, rise still further.<br />The United Kingdom recorded 49,156 new COVID-19 cases on Monday, the largest number since mid-July. New infections averaged 43,000 a day over the past week, a 15 per cent increase compared with the week before.<br />The Office for National Statistics estimated that one in 60 people in England had the virus, one of the highest levels seen in Britain during the pandemic.<br />Masks and social distancing are gone in most settings in England, including schools, though other parts of the UK remain a bit more strict.