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British PM Boris Johnson canceled India tour, was chief guest on Republic Day

United Kingdom Prime Minister Boris Johnson has canceled his visit to India later this month. He was the chief guest at the Republic Day program to be he…

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British PM Boris Johnson canceled India tour, was chief guest on Republic Day

United Kingdom Prime Minister Boris Johnson has canceled his visit to India later this month. He was the chief guest at the Republic Day program to be held in New Delhi on 26 January. The visit has been canceled by PM Johnson, given the state of the Corona pandemic in the UK.

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According to the media report, Prime Minister Johnson spoke to PM Modi this morning. Johnson expressed regret for not coming on Republic Day. It is believed that PM Johnson is required to remain in the UK, given the current state of Corona in the UK. Therefore this tour has been canceled. However, talks between the two Prime Ministers on increasing mutual cooperation. It was also decided that the two countries would fight together with the Corona pandemic. Johnson is expected to visit India before June. This tour will take place before the G7 Summit as PM Modi himself will visit the UK as a guest at the G7 Summit.

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Let us tell you that Britain has implemented a strict lockdown amid the rapidly spreading threat of new strains of Coronavirus and on Tuesday, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said that the infection is spreading as fast as it is “very sad and worrying”. And currently the country’s hospitals are under the highest pressure of the pandemic.

Scotland’s new law to close all schools and businesses to deal with the new wave of the pandemic went into effect on Tuesday, while the UK law will take effect from Wednesday morning. Meanwhile, Johnson has requested people to strictly follow the rules of working from home.

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The new law is likely to go into effect by mid-February. It will be reviewed based on the rate of vaccination and infection. “Our scientists have confirmed that the new strain (type) is up to 50 to 70 percent more contagious,” Johnson said on Monday night in an address to the nation on TV. This means that you are infected with it and infecting others. There is a lot of apprehension.

“We have to implement a nationwide strict lockdown to control this strain,” he said. This means that the government is once again directing you to stay indoors. You can opt out only for a few reasons under legal approval. “Many areas in Wales and Northern Ireland are already under strict lockdown since mid-December.

According to the latest data, only in England, Covid-19 patients have increased by almost a third in the last one week, taking their number to around 27,000. This number is 40 percent higher than when the pandemic peaked in April.

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On December 29, more than 80,000 thousand people in the UK reported positive. The number of people who died of infection has also increased by 20 percent in the last week. Johnson said Britain was at a turning point in the fight against the rapidly spreading infection. He announced a complete lockdown, similar to the one in March 2021, in which schools and businesses would remain closed.

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Johnson said, “Today our hospitals are under more pressure than ever before because of Covid-19. It is clear that we need to do a lot together to control this new form of virus. In England, we have to impose a nationwide lockdown which is very strict to combat this virus. This means that the government is once again directing you to stay at home. “

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Johnson said, “We are running the biggest vaccination program in history. A far greater number of people have been vaccinated in the UK than in the whole of Europe. “If everything goes as expected, we will be able to give the first dose of vaccine to all the people in the four top priority groups by February, after which It will be possible to remove any restrictions.

In his address, he told the people to go out for necessary shopping, regular exercise or for medical reasons. Johnson said Britain was entering the “final phase of the conflict”.

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