"UK Needs to Vaccinate 2 Million People Weekly to Prevent Third Wave"

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[Asia Economy Reporter Joeslgina]A study has found that the UK needs to vaccinate 2 million people per week to prevent a third wave of the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19).

According to major foreign media on the 28th (local time), the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) stated this in a draft paper to be published. As of this day, the number of COVID-19 deaths in the UK has surpassed 71,000. The cumulative number of infections is about 2.3 million.

LSHTM pointed out that to prevent the third wave, a level 4 lockdown should be imposed across England next month, schools should be closed, and 2 million people should be vaccinated weekly. They also expressed concern that if COVID-19 vaccines are insufficient, the number of new confirmed cases, severe patients, and deaths next year could exceed this year's figures.

The UK government has judged that the transmissibility of the COVID-19 variant virus is higher than the existing virus, and plans to strengthen lockdown measures centered on London and the southeast of England around the Christmas holidays, while starting the distribution of the vaccine jointly developed by Oxford University and AstraZeneca from January 4 next year.

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