No plan B in England, a British Treasury document sent to Downing Street and filtered in the last few hours would have prompted Boris Johnson not to trigger, at least for the moment, more restrictive anti-Covid measures, despite pressure from experts in the face of the increase of infections and deaths in recent weeks.

According to the website Politico.Ue, which saw the document, the report indicates the potential cost to the Kingdom's economy of a partial restoration of some restrictions at 18 billion pounds.

The re-imposition of the obligation to wear a mask on transport and in crowded places, which was completely revoked from 19 July, would not be a factor. Instead, the introduction of some form of Green pass and the return, even if only partial, to smart working, which are also provided for by this plan B, would weigh on.

Hence the choice of BoJo to insist on plan A: that is, a relaunch of the vaccination campaign as a barrier effect against the most serious effects of infections, hospitalizations and deaths, accelerating the third dose to all vulnerable and over 50s and the single dose provided in the Kingdom for children between 12 and 15 years old.

The prime minister is even more convinced of this given the data of the last few days, in which a decline in the curve is beginning to be glimpsed.

(Unioneonline / L)

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