Ma ke kamaʻilio ʻana ma kahi kikowaena lāʻau lapaʻau ma ka Pōʻakahi, Pelekane ʻO ke Kuhina Nui ʻo Boris Johnson ua ao aku i ka poʻe noho o UK he 'mea lapuwale loa' ia e ʻōlelo ai ua pau ka maʻi maʻi COVID-19.

ʻAʻole naʻe ʻO Omicron ʻoi aku ka maʻalahi o ka maʻi maʻi COVID-19 ma mua o nā ʻano like ʻole o ka maʻi ma mua a me ka "kiʻekiʻe kiʻekiʻe o ka pae o ka maʻi." Johnson Ua koi ʻo ia i ka poʻe e "makaʻala" a pili i ka "plan B" o kēia manawa.

"Ke nānā nei i ka nui o ka poʻe e hele ana i ka haukapila, he mea lapuwale loa ka ʻōlelo ʻana ua pau kēia mea i kēia manawa i ka hoʻōho ʻana," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo Johnson, e hoʻāʻo nei e hōʻoluʻolu i nā hopohopo e pili ana i ka piʻi ʻana o nā helu hihia ʻoiai ʻaʻole e paipai i ka poʻe e ʻoluʻolu. e pili ana i ka maʻi maʻi.

Johnson Ua ʻae ʻo ia "ua paʻa ka NHS ma muli o kona hiki ke hoʻololi ʻia," me ka hoʻopaʻapaʻa ʻana i lalo i ka lehulehu e hana "i nā mea āpau e hiki ai ke kōkua i ka hoʻomaha ʻana i kēlā kaomi."

ʻO ka hoʻopuka ʻana i kahi ʻōlelo aʻo e pili ana i nā poʻe i hoʻopilikia ʻia e ʻO Omicron, Johnson i ʻōlelo ʻia pehea ka hapa nui o ka poʻe e koi ana i ka mālama haukapila ma muli o Covid i kēia manawa ʻaʻole i hoʻopaʻa ʻia a ʻaʻole i loaʻa i kā lākou booster jab.

I nehinei, ua hoʻopaʻa ʻo ʻEnelani a me Wales i 137,583 mau hihia hou COVID-19 i kēlā me kēia lā, ʻoiai ʻaʻole i piha ka ʻikepili no UK holoʻokoʻa, no ka mea, ua lohi nā helu mai Scotland a me Northern Ireland ma muli o ka hopena pule hoʻomaha panakō.

He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:

"Ke nānā nei i ka nui o ka poʻe e hele ana i ka haukapila, he mea lapuwale loa ka ʻōlelo ʻana ua pau kēia mea i kēia manawa i ka hoʻōho ʻana," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo Johnson, e hoʻāʻo nei e hōʻoluʻolu i nā hopohopo e pili ana i ka piʻi ʻana o nā helu hihia ʻoiai ʻaʻole e paipai i ka poʻe e ʻoluʻolu. e pili ana i ka maʻi maʻi.
Johnson admitted that “the NHS is under pressure due to its high transmissibility,” arguing that it is down to the public to do “everything they can to help relieve that pressure.
Despite Omicron strain of COVID-19 virus being “plainly milder” than previous variants of the virus and the country's “very, very high level of vaccination,” Johnson urged people to “remain cautious” and stick to the government's current “plan B.