January 15, 2021
In the Downing Street Press Conference this evening Boris Johnson announced that travel corridors are to be closed from Monday.
Prof Mark Woolhouse, Professor of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, University of Edinburgh, said:
“The UK government’s decision to close travel corridors and insist on a rigorous test an quarantine policy is not surprising in the current climate of concern about new coronavirus variants.
“The exit strategy from this policy is unclear.
“Global levels of infection are unlikely to fall significantly in the foreseeable future.
“The virus will continue to generate new variants, some of which may be more transmissible or less preventable using current vaccines.
The UK Government say that they’re currently on target to vaccinate 14 million people by mid-February, with the current capacity for two million vaccinations per week. It is hoped that efforts will be amped up through vulnerable groups and tended to the rest of the country throughout the spring to allow for festivals to safely take place this summer.
Melvin Benn, managing director of Festival Republic and boss of events including Reading & Leeds and Download Festival, told
NME: “I feel very positive because I know that it’s possible”.
The main stage at Leeds Festival 2019. (Photo by Katja Ogrin/Redferns)
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