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Sabtu, 05 Juni 2021

Investigation after Border Force enters French waters to pick up migrants - Sky News

An urgent investigation has been launched by the Home Office after a UK Border Force vessel entered French waters to pick up migrants crossing the Channel and take them to Dover.

The controversial operation was negotiated between the HMC Valiant and French patrol ship Athos last Saturday, according to the Daily Mail.

The action by the border agency to help migrants enter the country will be seen as undermining efforts by Home Secretary Priti Patel to clamp down on illicit crossings.

She has repeatedly called on the French to tackle the crisis, which has seen record numbers of migrants reach UK shores.

A Home Office spokesperson said: "We are urgently investigating the circumstances behind this incident."

The number of people making the perilous journey over the 21-mile stretch of water has almost doubled so far in 2021 compared to the same period in 2020, with more than 3,100 having reached the English coast by the end of May.

Over just three days alone this week nearly 600 migrants were intercepted attempting to cross the Channel.

Last Saturday's impromptu mid-Channel handover was revealed in a maritime radio exchange on open frequencies.

In a recording obtained by the newspaper, the officers discuss the "legality" of the move.

The British cutter then crosses into French territorial waters and launches an inflatable boat to collect the migrants and take them to Dover.

In the conversation there was no suggestion that the migrant vessel was in trouble, with the French only reporting it was moving "very slowly" and so the incursion did not appear to be an emergency life-saving mission.

The sailor who handed the radio message to the Mail told the newspaper: "We know the French are escorting migrant boats towards the UK instead of turning them back to France.

"But this is a first time I have heard of British Border Force collecting migrants on the French side of the Channel.

"I have suspected it going on for some time, but the radio message that I happened to overhear on an public channel proves it.

"The French patrol boat captain makes clear the migrants are not in peril at sea.

"They were travelling slowly towards the UK where they would have been collected by UK Border Force vessels in English waters."

Last week, traffic was brought to a standstill at the port of Dover as anti-immigration protesters marched in opposition to migrant crossings.

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Government 'drawing up other options' as it weighs ending lockdown on 21 June - Sky News

The government is "drawing up other options" before making a decision on whether to completely lift COVID restrictions on 21 June.

A government figure has told Sky News that Number 10 was still planning to go ahead with the final step in the roadmap, but is waiting for more data before taking any decisions.

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"It would be remiss of us to take a decision without a full set of data as evidence," said one government figure.

"Of course officials are drawing up other options but we are still expecting to be in a place to go ahead on June 21."

Options under discussion are said to include:

• Retaining the wearing of face masks in certain settings

• Continuing the work from home advice, even as the hospitality sector opens up

• A slight delay to the unlocking, pushing step 4 into July

Insiders stressed there was no decision made on delaying the easing of lockdown and said Prime Minister Boris Johnson would rather tweak restrictions on 21 June than push the date back.

Until now, the government has only ever said there is "nothing in the data" to suggest ending lockdown should be delayed.

Nonetheless, ministers are being urged to make sure all restrictions on hospitality businesses are removed as planned.

The British Beer & Pub Association has warned that thousands of pubs "could still be lost forever", even though indoor service returned on 17 May.

Figures suggest that pubs suffered a 20% fall in trade in the first week after reopening compared with the same period before the pandemic - and if this continues, the average venue could lose £94,000 in turnover a year.

This would mean that the typical pub would need to sell close to 25,000 additional pints over a 12-month period to make over the shortfall.

At present, pubs are required to ensure social distancing of at least one metre is in place. Businesses can also only operate with table service, and group sizes indoors are limited to six people.

However, epidemiologist Dr Adam Kucharski said he was "nervous" about the idea of unlocking later this month amid the spread of the Delta (Indian) variant.

"I think we have to accept the equation has changed here - we are not facing the virus that we were facing two months ago," he told BBC Radio 4's Today programme.

"If we were facing the B.117 (Kent) variant as the dominant one, the fact it (the vaccines) is working very well, case numbers are coming down nicely, we could have some more confidence that there could be reopening without seeing those surges.

"But we're not. Everyone is tired of this pandemic, they want this transition back to normality and that will happen, the effectiveness of two doses of the vaccine will eventually get us there.

"But if say in two weeks we're in a situation where hospitalisations have been rising, where local health systems are coming under pressure, I think it will be quite difficult to justify adding more transmission to that kind of situation."

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The comments come after data from the Francis Crick Institute suggested reducing the gap between vaccine doses was more effective, with a study finding that after one Pfizer jab, people are less likely to develop antibody levels against the Delta variant as high as those seen against the previously dominant Kent (Alpha) strain.

Dr Rosalind Eggo, of the Scientific Pandemic Influenza Group on Modelling (Spi-M) advisory panel, said "very early evidence" showed the current vaccines "don't work quite as well against the Delta variant", saying it was vital to increase the rate of second jabs.

She told BBC's Newsnight: "Getting those second doses up, pushing that number up as high as possible is really important."

Concerns have been raised after official data for England showed that COVID-19 cases in the community rose by 76.5% in one week.

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has estimated that 85,600 people in the country had COVID-19 in the week to 29 May, the highest level since mid-April.

Yesterday, the UK recorded 6,238 new confirmed coronavirus cases - the highest level since late March.

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2021-06-05 09:55:03Z
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Social distancing and masks on public transport ‘here to stay’ after June 21 Freedom Day amid lockdown lif... - The Sun

FACE masks and social distancing could remain in place after "Freedom Day" on June 21 amid fears lockdown lifting may be delayed.

The government may reportedly also backtrack on encouraging Brits to return to work as the UK grapples with the new Indian variant.

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Brits could still be wearing face masks after lockdown lifts

One source told The i it would be "irresponsible" to relax the rules too quickly on June 21 as it could lead to another "full lockdown in autumn".

They added: "While many businesses would have been hoping to operate at full capacity in a few weeks’ time it is better that they can operate at reduced capacity rather than being shut down completely again if we hit another peak.”

Officials are now understood to be planning to keep rules surrounding face masks on public transport in place.

Social distancing could also still be forced on Brits after Freedom Day in a bid to keep rising Covid cases at bay.

Experts have previously said face masks could become the "new norm", with Professor Lockdown claiming they may be around until next year due to new Covid variants.

And Tim Spector, a professor of genetic epidemiology at King's College London, said social distancing measures and masks may be kept far beyond current lockdown measures.

Dominic Raab also last month hinted face masks and social distancing could remain in place until after lockdown lifts.

Boris Johnson is battling to keep his pledge to lift the rules completely on June 21 - the final phase of his roadmap.

But cases of the Indian variant of the virus have surged - with infections rising 50 per cent in a week.

Data suggests the mutation is twice as likely to cause hospitalisation, leaving this month's Freedom Day hanging in the balance.

The Sun revealed today how a secret plan is being worked on to delay lockdown lifting by two weeks.

Ministers and officials are working on contingency plans to move “Freedom Day” to next month, as well as retaining distancing and limits on fans in stadiums - potentially plunging the Euros into chaos.

It comes after a Public Health England report showed people who tested positive for the Indian variant - also known as the Delta variant - were at 161 per cent more risk of needing hospital treatment within 14 days.

And experts warned the Indian Covid mutation could be 100 per cent more infectious than the Kent variant, which caused the country to lockdown in January.

The "Nepal variant" found in Britain - a mutated version of the Indian variant ripping through the country - has also sparked concern.

And the crucial R rate is also as high as 1.3 according to Sage — meaning the virus is up again.

Dr Adam Kucharski, an epidemiologist at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, today warned the Indian variant could see a "big number" of people admitted to hospital.

He BBC Radio 4's Today programme there were a "number of concerning signs" following early evidence that first dose vaccines are not as effective against the new strain.

Dr Kucharski, a member of the Scientific Pandemic Influenza Group on Modelling (Spi-M) Government advisory panel, added: "I think it is particularly this increase in transmission that is potentially going to cause us considerable problems.

"We are getting estimates now firming up that we are looking at something potentially 40-60 per cent more transmissible than the B.117, the Kent variant that was dominant.

"And that means that infections are going to really come at us quite fast and we are seeing that in the cases now."

Brits will be told about the government's decision on easing restrictions on June 14.

A Government source insisted: “We always knew that cases would go up as we unlocked at each stage, but the crucial question is whether this then results in hospitalisations, or whether vaccines are providing the protection we need.

“We’ll have to watch the data closely over the next week before making a final decision, as we have done at each step.”

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2021-06-05 07:28:22Z
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Scottish Government accused of 'inaction' over new covid variant found in Glasgow - Daily Record

The Scottish Government should have moved quicker to warn Glasgow residents of the presence of a new covid variant in the city, Labour has claimed.

Nicola Sturgeon used a media briefing on May 14 to announce Scotland's most populous council area would have to remain at Level 3 of lockdown while the rest of the country moved to Level 2.

It came after a localised outbreak of virus cases was detected in Glasgow's southside, with the new Delta variant blamed.

Scottish Labour health spokeswoman Jackie Baillie said residents should have been warned sooner - but the SNP accused her of making a "ludicrous attack".

The First Minister had spoken at an earlier media briefing on May 11 to suggest mainland Scotland was ready to move to Level 2.

Glasgow was finally moved to Level as of today - meaning residents can finally legally invite people into their own homes for non-essential purposes for the first time in eight months.

In a written response to a question lodged by Scottish Labour, Deputy First Minister John Swinney confirmed the Scottish Government was initially informed that the B.1.617.2 (Delta) variant of covid-19 had been upgraded from a ‘variant of interest’ to ‘a variant of concern’ on May 6.

Baillie said: “This is shocking evidence of inaction, dither and delay at the heart of the SNP government.

“That the Government knew about the increased risk to Glasgow for seven days before informing the public beggars belief.

“Instead of taking decisive action to ramp up testing and vaccinations when the threat was first identified, the SNP sat on their hands - potentially prolonging Glasgow’s lockdown through inaction.

“Businesses were allowed to plan to reopen and are now at breaking point. People made plans to see their loved ones that couldn’t go ahead. People’s finances and mental health have been pushed to the brink.

“The people of Glasgow and, indeed, the people of Scotland deserve so much better.

“The Government has a duty to act swiftly to protect the health and wellbeing of the citizens of Scotland - they have catastrophically failed in their duty.”

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A spokesman for Humza Yousaf said: “This is a ludicrous attack by Jackie Baillie, who either doesn’t grasp the basic facts or is deliberately trying to mislead people.

“The fact the Delta variant was a variant of concern was already widespread public knowledge on May 7, when it was publicly declared as such by Public Health England for all four nations of the UK.

“The designation of a variant is a quite separate process from outbreak management, where health protection teams work in local areas to assess the risk and deliver a proportionate response.

"That is exactly what happened in this case with Glasgow, where we continued to monitor the situation and decided not to relax restrictions as a result – the very opposite of the inaction Labour suggest.

“Jackie Baillie should get her facts right, and in the meantime apologise for trying to mislead the public.”

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COVID-19: Anger amid reports end of lockdown will be delayed - with social distancing remaining in pubs - Sky News

The government is being urged to remove all restrictions on hospitality businesses on 21 June, as reports suggest that the final stage of England's roadmap out of lockdown could be delayed by two weeks.

The British Beer & Pub Association has warned that thousands of pubs "could still be lost forever", even though indoor service returned on 17 May.

This would mean that the typical pub would need to sell close to 25,000 additional pints over a 12-month period to make over the shortfall.

At present, pubs are required to ensure social distancing of at least one metre is in place. Businesses can also only operate with table service, and group sizes indoors are limited to six people.

All legal limits on social contact are due to be lifted on 21 June, but concerns about this milestone have been raised - with official data for England showing that COVID-19 cases in the community rose by 76.5% in one week.

The Office for National Statistics has estimated that 85,600 people in the country had COVID-19 in the week to 29 May, the highest level since mid-April.

According to the i newspaper, social distancing in bars and restaurants is likely to remain - meanwhile, The Daily Telegraph says the final stage of Boris Johnson's roadmap could be pushed back to 5 July.

This delay would be used to accelerate second jabs for the over-40s, with those aged over 25 to be offered their first doses from next week.

The Financial Times has also reported that contingency plans are being drawn up to delay the fourth and final stage of restrictions easing if data suggests it is necessary.

A source told the newspaper: "Irreversibility is key to this. The prime minister doesn't want to go backwards, so if it's a choice of more measures in the future, I think he can stomach a minor delay."

The hospitality sector has reacted with alarm to these reports.

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Kate Nicholls, chief executive of UKHospitality, said: "Sorry but leaving social distancing in place in pubs, restaurants, hotels and attractions means that 21 June is not freedom date at all.

"It means that those businesses continue to operate at a loss and threatens the long-term viability of businesses, jobs and the recovery."

Sacha Lord, night time economy adviser for Greater Manchester, said he was "up for a fight" over the possible shift, adding: "Hospitality is the fifth biggest industry in the UK - 21 June is make or break for many."

And the British Beer & Pub Association said venues will need more financial support for the government if restrictions aren't eased on this date as planned.

Wales First Minister Mark Drakeford has already said he is considering keeping social distancing rules for the rest of this year, describing them as "one of the strongest defences that we have" against the virus.

No 10 sources have said suggestions of a delay to the roadmap are "speculation" and the prime minister has previously said there is "nothing in the data at the moment" that would prevent the country taking the next step.

Yesterday, the UK recorded 6,238 new confirmed coronavirus cases - the highest level since late March.

The increase has been fuelled by the spread of the Indian variant, also known as the Delta variant.

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UK readies contingency plans to delay June 21 lockdown easing - Financial Times

Civil servants are drawing up contingency plans to delay the June 21 easing of England’s lockdown restrictions, as the UK reported another large rise in coronavirus cases on Friday.

Pressure from scientists on prime minister Boris Johnson to leave some Covid-19 measures in place for England intensified with further evidence that the more contagious Delta variant originally detected in India was displacing the previously dominant Alpha (Kent) variant and pushing up infections fast.

On Friday, 6,238 further cases of Covid-19 were reported, the most since March 15. Data from the Office for National Statistics showed that 85,600 people in England were infected in the week to May 29 — about one in every 640 — up from one in 1,120 people the week before.

A senior civil servant closely involved with coronavirus planning said officials were drawing up contingency plans to delay the fourth and final phase of easing, possibly to July 5, if the data suggested it was necessary. “A variety of options are being drawn up, including a delay to step four and trading off some measures against others.”

Another Whitehall insider said there was an increasing sense that a “smallish delay” may be likely. “Irreversibility is key to this. The prime minister doesn’t want to go backwards, so if it’s a choice of more measures in the future, I think he can stomach a minor delay,” they said.

But one senior Downing Street official cautioned “we’re not in that space yet” for a delay. “There’s still nothing in the data that shows we need to change our plans.” The official added that there would be more clarity in the data by the end of next week.

The Independent Sage group of scientists issued an “emergency statement” urging the government to rule out immediately plans to lift the last restrictions on June 21. Professor Christina Pagel, a mathematician at University College London, told the group’s weekly briefing: “We now have an exponentially increasing dominant variant that is more transmissible, more vaccine resistant and likely more severe than Alpha.”

But studies show full inoculation has been effective so far in reducing hospitalisation and deaths from the Delta strain.

Sir John Bell, Regius professor of medicine at the University of Oxford, told the Financial Times that the proportion of fully vaccinated people in the UK remained “too low” for him to feel “entirely comfortable” with a full unlocking on June 21, adding that it was sensible to wait for more data to become available before a final decision was made.

By June 3, half of the adult UK population had received both doses of a Covid-19 vaccine. According to Public Health England, both the Oxford/AstraZeneca and BioNTech/Pfizer vaccines are only 33 per cent effective against symptomatic disease after one dose, with efficacy rising steeply after the second dose.

“I think we need to go further . . . I’d be a lot more comfortable if we were closer to 70 per cent by June 21,” said Bell. “My sense is that if things look on the edge or are starting to get more serious then running it out for another two weeks would help manage that, while we get everybody vaccinated.”

However, he added his concerns were “tempered” by the fact that scientists had yet to identify “a truly vaccine resistant strain” and the number of hospital admissions was not gaining pace.

Hospital admissions dipped 2 per cent in the UK in the week to May 31. Deaths within 28 days of a positive Covid test fell by three to just 55 in the week to June 4.

Also on Friday, the UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency extended its approval for the Pfizer Covid vaccine to 12 to 15-year-olds, following a similar decision by the European Medicines Agency last week.

The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation will advise whether the government’s inoculation programme against Covid-19 will be extended to this age group. It is not clear when that will happen. Currently, in the UK, vaccination is not routinely offered to patients aged younger than 18.

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2021-06-04 17:39:16Z
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COVID-19: UK records highest daily coronavirus cases for more than two months - as England's R number rises - Sky News

The UK has recorded a further 6,238 coronavirus cases - the highest daily figure for more than two months - as England's R number continues to rise.

The latest government numbers also show another 11 COVID-19 related deaths.

The number for cases is up on the 5,274 recorded on Thursday but the death figure is down on the 18 recorded in yesterday's daily figures.

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The number of cases is the highest since 25 March, when 6,397 were recorded.

The Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE) earlier updated its estimate for England's R number to be between 1 and 1.2, up from between 1 and 1.1 previously.

This means that for every 10 people with COVID, between 10 and 12 more people will catch the virus.

When the figure is above 1, an outbreak can grow exponentially but when it is below 1, it means the epidemic is shrinking.

Meanwhile, another 191,266 first and 377,641 second vaccine doses were administered, bringing the total number of people who have had one jab to 39,949,694 and those who have had two to 26,799,944.

Health Secretary Matt Hancock said that a rise of cases was to be expected as the country came out of lockdown.

He said: "We always expected cases to rise as the country was opened up, the critical thing is the impact on the number of people who end up in hospital for any given number of cases.

"That link has been broken by the vaccine, but it hasn't been completely severed yet.

"That's one of the things that we're watching very carefully, and it's too early to say what the decision will be ahead of 21 June, but we'll make sure people know in good time."

It comes amid the news that the UK's medicines regulator approved the Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus vaccine for 12 to 15-year-olds.

The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) said the decision followed a "rigorous review" of safety and effectiveness in that age group - and that the benefits of having the COVID jab outweighed the risks.

Dr June Raine, MHRA chief executive, said: "We have in place a comprehensive safety surveillance strategy for monitoring the safety of all UK-approved COVID-19 vaccines and this surveillance will include the 12- to 15-year age group."

The move follows coronavirus cases in the community rocketing by 76.5% in just one week, according to official data for England.

And Public Health England (PHE) officials said that the Delta variant - first identified in India - has now overtaken the Alpha (Kent) variant as the most dominant strain in the UK.

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) estimates that 85,600 people in the country had COVID-19 in the week to 29 May - equating to around one in 640 people in private households.

This is the highest level since the week to 16 April and is up from 48,500 people - one in 1,120 people - in the week ending 22 May.

The figures are likely to be among the data considered by the prime minister as he decides on whether to drop the last coronavirus restrictions on 21 June.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson is under pressure to press ahead with the unlocking - dubbed "freedom day" by some - following the successful rollout of vaccines, despite the rise in cases.

Analysis: Scientists predicted a new wave of cases, but vaccines are effective

By Thomas Moore, Science correspondent

COVID cases are once again rising fast, according to the latest data from the Office for National Statistics.

But the increase is concentrated in a few hotspots, predominantly the north-west of England. Elsewhere cases are drifting upwards much more slowly.

The surge of infections in children across the country is more of a concern. They have lots of contact with adults so they could spread the virus in lots of different directions.

Government scientists had predicted a third wave of cases once the brakes came off lockdown.

But two shots of the vaccine are highly effective against even the Delta variant, which should blunt any increase in hospital admissions and deaths.

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