2021-05-29 13:06:02 GMT2021-05-29 21:06:02(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
LONDON, May 29 (Xinhua) The India-related coronavirus variant could pick up speed and become a big problem in Britain as the country further eases its lockdown, a British expert warned Saturday.
Britain s fight against coronavirus could turn bad very, very quickly unless the government acts cautiously on easing lockdown further, professor Tim Gowers from the University of Cambridge told The Guardian newspaper. So I think if that s the way you re going to play things, then you should be very, very cautious about every step you take . And maybe everything (will) be okay, maybe the number of people who are vaccinated will be just enough, he said.
At Britain’s Wembley Stadium, the venerable FA Cup is also a science study for post-pandemic crowds Karla Adam UP NEXT LONDON To the fans, the FA Cup final at Wembley Stadium is an all-important soccer match. It s also a science experiment with far-reaching implications about how to reopen society as the pandemic loosens its grip in some places. On Saturday afternoon, the British government was watching scientists watching fans watching Chelsea and Leicester City play in the final of the oldest national soccer tournament in the world. Prince William, the president of the English Football Association, was watching at the stadium in northwest London, too.
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LONDON/BERLIN Britain restricted the use of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine on Friday while Germany said it would give the shot to anyone who wants it, in a risk-management role reversal that reflects the divergent progress of their vaccination campaigns.
The shifts in guidance on the Anglo-Swedish drugmaker’s vector-based shot demonstrate just how hard it is for policy makers to weigh its benefits against risks in the form of very rare – yet occasionally fatal – cases of blood clotting.
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