The BMA has accused the UK government of being “wilfully negligent” by not immediately implementing additional precautionary measures to reduce the spread of covid-19. At a Downing Street briefing on 20 October, England’s health secretary, Sajid Javid, said that the government would not be bringing in its “plan B” measures to prevent health services being overwhelmed, including mandatory face coverings and working from home, “at this point.” This was despite the UK recording 49 139 new covid cases, 179 deaths, and 869 hospital admissions on 20 October, and Javid warning that daily infection rates “could yet go as high as 100 000 a day.” Javid said, “We’ll do what it takes to make sure that this …

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Covid-19：BMA 表示，政府“故意疏忽”而不对不断上升的数字采取行动

BMA 指责英国政府“故意疏忽”，没有立即采取额外的预防措施来减少 covid-19 的传播。在 10 月 20 日的唐宁街简报会上，英格兰卫生部长萨吉德·贾维德 (Sajid Javid) 表示，政府不会引入其“B 计划”措施，以防止医疗服务不堪重负，包括强制戴面罩和在家工作。观点。” 尽管英国在 10 月 20 日记录了 49139 例新的 Covid 病例、179 例死亡和 869 例住院治疗，并且贾维德警告说，每日感染率“可能高达每天 10 万例”。贾维德说：“我们将尽一切努力确保这......