The more important points of the British Epidemic and Current Affairs Day on April 28 are:
- /4 Adults have received two doses of the vaccine, The UK is expected to complete the universal vaccination target ahead of schedule
- Friends who are transferring back to the country Attention: Amsterdam -Hangzhou flight was blocked by civil aviation The government has been under circuit breaker for two weeks.
- The number of deaths from COVID-19 in the UK has plummeted by 97%, reaching the lowest level since September last year. 60% of British voters do not trust Prime Minister Boris
- The European Parliament holds a final vote on the Brexit deal, Von der Leyen threatens the UK not to play tricks
- The British Ministry of Education increases the allocation of 1.8 billion pounds for campus repairs reconstruction
- The first batch of British aid Supplies arrive India
- The City of London plans to convert hundreds of idle offices into residences
- Italian mafia is accused of laundering billions of pounds in London
In terms of epidemic data, , the UK added on April 27 There are 5 new cases of COVID-19 positive and 5 new COVID-19 deaths.
saw ,034,181 newly detected in a single day, and 01 new cases were detected in London in a single day.
The UK has a total of 44,409,631 positive cases of COVID-19, and a total of 4127,451 people have died from COVID-19.
/4 adults have received two doses of the vaccine, and the UK is expected to complete the universal vaccination target ahead of schedule. In terms of vaccination, as of April 26 (including the 26th), more than 433.84 million people in the UK have received the first shot. COVID-19 vaccine .
Over 3.2 million people have been fully vaccinated with two doses, which is equivalent to 1/4 of the UK adult population.
Adults who have received the first dose of vaccine reached 4%.
In the past 24 hours, a total of 95,383 doses of vaccine were administered in the UK.
The following is a statistical chart of the daily increase in COVID-19 vaccination in the UK. Blue represents the first dose of vaccine and pink represents the second dose.
Currently, anyone who will be 42 years or older before July 1st can book a vaccination appointment on the NHS website.
Appointment website
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/coronavirus-vaccination/book-coronavirus-vaccination/
Health Secretary Hancock, who is 42 years old this year, tweeted, urging Those who meet the conditions should make an appointment for vaccination as soon as possible.
At the current pace, British media expects that the UK will complete the vaccination plan ahead of schedule, that is, by the beginning of July it will complete the previously set goal of vaccinating all adults with the first dose of vaccine by the end of July.
Friends who want to transfer back to China, please note: The Amsterdam-Hangzhou flight has been suspended for two weeks by the Civil Aviation Administration of China. Starting from April 26, the KLM flight KL831 (Amsterdam to Hangzhou) will be disconnected for 2 weeks until May 6th. During
, flight KL832 from Hangzhou to Amsterdam will still operate normally.
Routes from the Netherlands to other domestic cities are not affected by the circuit breaker.
In addition to connecting flights in the Netherlands, readers in the UK can currently return home by connecting flights in Helsinki, Finland (Finn Air), Copenhagen, Denmark (SAS), and Frankfurt, Germany (Lufthansa).
UK COVID-19 deaths plunged 97%, reaching the lowest level since September last year
Data from the British Office for National Statistics shows that in the week ending April 16, a total of 362 COVID-19 deaths were registered in England and Wales, a decrease from the previous week. 4%.
According to Metropolis Daily, the latest number of deaths from COVID-19 in the UK has dropped sharply by 497% compared to the peak of the epidemic in January this year. It is the lowest number of deaths from COVID-19 since September last year.
Oxford University has previously stated that the current real COVID-19 mortality rate in the UK may be close to 0.
The new coronavirus has also been reduced from "pandemic" to "epidemic" status.
The places where 70% of England’s population live have cleared up new confirmed cases, and 40 million people no longer have COVID-19 in their lives.
The Times reported on its front page today (April 28) that 70% of England’s residents (nearly 40 million people) ) lives in an area where there have been no new confirmed cases of COVID-19.
In other words, as the epidemic has improved significantly, about 40 million British people already live in areas not affected by the new crown.
This also means that the British government can continue to unblock as planned.
The Times reported that British government officials will meet next week to decide whether to implement a new round of unblocking measures on May 17 as scheduled, when British people will be allowed to dine indoors in bars and restaurants.
Polls show that 60% of British voters do not trust Prime Minister Boris
As the UK will hold local elections early next month, various polls on the dispute between the two parties have begun to be released.
Affected by multiple recent scandals, the latest poll shows that 9% of British voters believe that Prime Minister Boris is not trustworthy, and only 5% of voters trust him;
The proportion of people who choose to trust Labor Party leader Starmer exceeds Boris Rees, reached 2%.
Overall, British voters are dissatisfied with both Boris and Starmer - Boris is 44% satisfied/50% dissatisfied, and Starmer is 36% satisfied/46% dissatisfied.
Chancellor of the Exchequer Sunak has been well received by voters. 58% of British people are satisfied with him, while only 27% are dissatisfied.
From April 16th to 22nd, the polling agency Ipsos MORI interviewed 1,090 adult voters in the UK by phone. The data was weighted.
Ipsos MORI's director of political research said that Boris is obviously not as good as Labour's Starmer on the issue of honesty. However, his supporters are still willing to choose him because the public has never considered honesty as one of the important qualities Boris possesses.
"Looking back on the past, we know that politicians, like Tony Blair, do not have to win trust to win elections."
The poll pointed out that 2% of British respondents believe that politicians usually do not tell the truth.
3% of people believe that politicians put their own interests first; 36% believe that politicians put the interests of their political parties first; only 8% believe that politicians put the interests of voters first; 6% of people believe that they put the country’s interests first.
The European Parliament holds a final vote on the withdrawal agreement. Von der Leyen threatens the UK not to play tricks.
On the 27th local time, the European Parliament plenary meeting held the final round of debate on the UK-EU trade agreement and is scheduled to announce the vote on the morning of the 28th local time. result.
On the same day, European Commission President von der Leyen warned that the EU would "not hesitate" to take action if the UK violates the terms of the trade agreement.
Von der Leyen said in a speech in parliament: "This agreement is a binding dispute settlement mechanism. If necessary, the EU will definitely implement unilateral remedial measures... This vote is obviously an end, but it is also a new one. The beginning of the chapter."
Different from von der Leyen's tough attitude, Barnier, who negotiated on behalf of the EU and the UK, adopted a reflective attitude. He said that Brexit was a sign of the EU's political failure.
"We must learn lessons from this. Why did 52% of the British vote for Brexit? There is a reason. The public's anger towards the EU not only exists in the United Kingdom, but also exists in other regions. We must listen to and understand the voices of the people."
The British Ministry of Education has increased its allocation of 1.8 billion pounds for campus maintenance and reconstruction
The British Ministry of Education announced on the 27th that it will increase the allocation for campus maintenance by more than 20% in this fiscal year to 1.8 billion pounds to help them be better after the epidemic. land reconstruction.
Last year, Boris’s government announced a one-time grant of 560 million pounds to schools in England. This 1.8 billion allocation is an increase on this basis.
The British government launched the "0-year Campus Rebuilding Program (School Rebuilding Program) " last year. The first batch of 50 schools will undergo varying degrees of building renovations starting this autumn.
The first batch of British aid supplies arrived in India
On Tuesday, the first batch of relief medical supplies from the UK landed in Delhi, including hundreds of oxygen concentrators and ventilators.
On that day, India reported .32 million new infection cases, and the daily increase has exceeded 300,000 for many consecutive days.
Currently, India’s death toll from COVID-19 is close to 200,000, but the actual number may be much higher than that. An investigation by
NDTV found that around 1,158 deaths were not registered in Delhi alone in the past week.
Due to the large number of dead, firewood piles were temporarily piled up in open places such as Delhi's parks to burn corpses.
Because the hospital is overcrowded, some new coronavirus patients have to wait on the street outside, and their families spend a lot of money to buy oxygen everywhere. More and more young people are becoming infected.
Zarir Udwadia, who works at a Mumbai hospital, told BBC that the British aid is just a "drop in the ocean" for a country with a population of 1.3 billion.
The World Health Organization stated that 4,000 oxygen concentrators will be shipped to India; France is shipping oxygen production equipment to India, Thailand and Singapore have also joined the ranks of assistance.
About 10% of India's population has been vaccinated so far.
Starting from May 1, India is preparing to open vaccination to all adults, but people are worried that the country's two vaccine supply sites, "Serum Institute of India and Bharat", cannot even meet the needs of people over the age of 45.
U.S. President Biden said on Monday that 60 million doses of the Oxford/ AstraZeneca vaccine would be shipped overseas, and India would be the main recipient.
On the same day that the relief medical supplies arrived in India, Downing Street made it clear that the UK currently has no excess vaccines to provide to India and needs to meet its own priority list .
html In March, the United Kingdom promised to send excess doses of vaccines to the procurement library of the "New Crown Vaccine Global Access Facility (COVAX)" led by the World Health Organization.
The City of London plans to convert hundreds of idle offices into residences
"Financial Times " news, as part of the upcoming post-epidemic recovery strategy, the City of London plans to convert hundreds of idle offices into residences.
Together with new developments, the Financial City will add at least 1,500 residential units to the City by 2030.
In addition, the Financial City unveiled proposals on Tuesday to promote the development of cultural and creative industries , providing creative enterprises with low-cost long-term leases in vacant buildings.
In addition, "high potential technology-leading enterprises " will also be introduced to enhance industrial diversity in the financial city.
The management group of the Financial City also said that it would consider carrying out "traffic-free weekend activities and night cultural activities" in the summer, so that people can enjoy life here outside of the office.
Other recovery plans for the Financial City also include the establishment of a shared G network with coverage.
Tony Travers of the London School of Economics and Political Science commented: “The Financial City faces dual challenges. One is the impact on the financial services industry after Brexit, and the other is the general trend of people moving away from city center offices and lives after the epidemic...The Financial City can The ability to quickly respond to threats is amazing.”
The Italian Mafia is accused of laundering billions of pounds in London
British media reported on the 27th that a court in the Calabria region of Italy will soon. The trial begins in the country's biggest mafia case in three decades.
The Mafia organization The 'Ndrangheta (Ndrangheta) is accused of establishing multiple companies in the City of London and laundering billions of pounds by simulating legitimate economic activities.
The court where the case is heard was converted from a wiring center in the city of Lamezia Terme. It is heavily guarded and can accommodate 1,000 people.
About 900 witnesses will appear in court to testify. The more than 350 defendants include not only members of the 'Ndrangheta , but also Italian politicians. expects the trial to last at least two years.
The 'Ndrangheta is one of the richest and most feared criminal organizations in the world. They wholesale cocaine from Latin America and then smuggle the drugs into Europe through North Africa and southern Italy.
A 2013 study by the Demoskopita Institute estimated that the group's financial power was greater than the combined turnover of Deutsche Bank and McDonald's that year.
As shown in many movies, the mafia organization is composed of members of the family unit, and the close clan ties make it difficult to penetrate.
Moreover, members often use nicknames to carry out activities, making litigation more difficult.
It is reported that due to the ruthlessness of the Mafia, the 62-year-old prosecutor participating in this trial has been forced to live under police protection for the past 30 years.
* Finally, the epidemic chart updated on April 27 is attached, including the growth and regional distribution of cases in the UK.
UK daily vaccine/infection/death/hospitalization/testing data trends
Data on new single-day increases in England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland updated on April 27
Distribution of confirmed diagnoses in various regions of England, London added 4 new cases in a single day 01
Distribution table of diagnosed areas in all cities in the UK updated on April 27: including England, Scotland, Wales
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City infection rate rankings updated on April 27, ranked by the number of confirmed cases per week divided by the population
and below are from the UK The specific distribution of new confirmed cases today is listed in the top 50 cities.
The figure below shows the regional distribution of confirmed cases ranked by the smallest area unit (MSOA).
