British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will speak on television on Monday evening to announce new restrictions in England amid the surge in coronavirus cases

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will speak on television on Monday evening to announce new restrictions in England amid the surge in coronavirus cases, which has prompted calls for strict containment, according to Downing Street.

"The Prime Minister is clear on the fact that new measures must now be taken. He will announce them this evening", indicated his spokesperson. His intervention is scheduled for 8 p.m. local and GMT (9 p.m. in France).

50,000 cases per day

Scottish Prime Minister Nicola Sturgeon announced earlier on Monday that Scotland would once again enter containment "similar to that of March" 2020, to control the surge in contamination attributed to the variant of the new coronavirus.

With more than 75,000 dead, the United Kingdom is one of the countries in Europe most bereaved by Covid-19 and the trend has worsened in recent weeks. The number of daily positive cases has exceeded the threshold of 50,000 for several days, 54,990 people have been affected according to the latest official report on Sunday. Hospitals are already inundated with Covid-19 patients, more numerous than at the worst of the first wave in the spring.

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