Boris Johnson

Johnson reveals the threat level system

 

Boris Johnson
Boris Johnson
Government's latest slogan
Government’s latest slogan

Another 205 dead in hospitals across the UK with England recording 178 deaths, Scotland 10, Wales 12, and Northern Ireland 5.

Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland have all refused to back Boris Johnson\’s new coronavirus slogan which replaced “stay at home” with “stay Alert”, criticising as unclear and a mistake.

Boris Johnson announces a threat level alert system as part of England’s coronavirus response.

There will be five alert levels and from Wednesday people will be able to do more outdoor exercise. Primary schools may begin reopening in June, as may shops, and some of the hospitality industry may reopen in July.

Johnson says it will “soon be the time.. to impose quarantine on people coming into this country by air”.

Leaders of the UK’s devolved nations have rejected Johnson’s new “stay alert” advice in favour of keeping the “stay at home” message.

Two people from different households can meet outside if they keep 2 meters apart, the government confirms.

From Monday, people in England who “can’t work from home” will be “actively encouraged to go to work”. But they should still avoid public transport if possible because of social distancing, either walk or ride a bike.

The government says it is working on guidance for employers to make workplaces “ COVID-secure”.

Companies will also need to look at staggering shifts, rethink how equipment is shared, and plan safe walking routes for staff- in offices, on factory floors, and at building sites.

The issue of how businesses can secure PPI without competing with the NHS has raised concerns.

Mr. Johnson says primary schools in England may be ready to reopen “in stages” but not until 1 June at the earliest and could begin with reception, year 1 and year 6 pupils going back by limiting class sizes, groups of pupils attending on different days. Redesigned classrooms, staggered break times.

The prime minister also says it’s the government’s “ambition” to give secondary school pupils doing exams next year “ at least some time with their teachers” before the summer holidays.

From Wednesday 13 May take unlimited amounts of outdoor exercise. Drive to do exercise if you want. Play sports but only with your household. Enjoy parks without having to exercise.

From 1st June phased reopening of shops,

From 1st July reopening of some of the hospitality industry. Reopening of public places.

There is a simple, but crucial number at the heart of understanding the coronavirus threat and is guiding governments around the world on the actions needed to save lives, and it gives us clues to the extent that lockdown can be lifted. It is called the Reproduction number or simply the R-Value, the way of rating a disease’s ability to spread. It is the number of people that one infected person will pass the virus on to, on average. If the reproduction number is higher than one, then the number of cases increases exponentially – it snowballs like a debt of an unpaid credit card.

The R-Value was around 0.7 a couple of weeks ago but is now thought to be between 0.75 to 1.0. This increase is being driven by a care home epidemic- as cases fall elsewhere in society, the number of infections in care homes has an ever-growing impact on the R number.

A coronavirus patient would naturally infect three others on average, but if a vaccine could protect two of them from infection then the reproduction number would fall from three to one.

Country, Total New Total New Total Active Serious, Tot Cases/ Deaths/ Total Tests/
Other Cases Cases Deaths Deaths Recovered Cases Critical 1M pop 1M pop Tests 1M pop
World 4,153,293 55,014 282,744 2,520 1,465,614 2,404,935 47,357 533 36.3  
USA 1,353,919 6,610 80,361 324 239,176 1,034,382 16,816 4,090 243 9,006,773 27,211
Spain 264,663 1,880 26,621 143 176,439 61,603 1,650 5,661 569 2,467,761 52,781
UK 219,183 3,923 31,855 268 N/A 186,984 1,559 3,229 469 1,821,280 26,829
Italy 219,070 802 30,560 165 105,186 83,324 1,027 3,623 505 2,565,912 42,439
Russia 209,688 11,012 1,915 88 34,306 173,467 2,300 1,437 13 5,448,463 37,335
France 176,658 26,380 70 56,217 94,061 2,812 2,706 404 1,384,633 21,213
Germany 171,704 380 7,549 144,400 19,755 1,581 2,049 90 2,755,770 32,891
Brazil 156,862 801 10,739 83 61,685 84,438 8,318 738 51 339,552 1,597
Turkey 138,657 1,542 3,786 47 92,691 42,180 1,154 1,644 45 1,370,598 16,251
Iran 107,603 1,383 6,640 51 86,143 14,820 2,675 1,281 79 586,699 6,985
China 82,901 14 4,633 78,120 148 13 58 3
Canada 68,738 1,036 4,870 177 31,902 31,966 502 1,821 129 1,135,984 30,099
India 67,161 4,353 2,212 111 20,969 43,980 49 2 1,609,037 1,166
Peru 65,015 1,814 20,246 42,955 748 1,972 55 494,250 14,990
Belgium 53,081 485 8,656 75 13,642 30,783 476 4,580 747 566,101 48,846
Netherlands 42,627 245 5,440 18 N/A 36,937 507 2,488 317 254,573 14,857
Saudi Arabia 39,048 1,912 246 7 11,457 27,345 140 1,122 7 449,644 12,916
Mexico 33,460 1,938 3,353 193 21,824 8,283 378 260 26 128,148 994
Pakistan 30,334 1,598 659 23 8,063 21,612 111 137 3 283,517 1,284
Switzerland 30,305 54 1,830 26,400 2,075 101 3,502 211 309,595 35,772
Ecuador 29,559 488 2,127 410 3,433 23,999 181 1,675 121 84,287 4,777
Chile 28,866 1,647 312 8 13,112 15,442 544 1,510 16 267,904 14,015
Portugal 27,581 175 1,135 9 2,549 23,897 112 2,705 111 517,660 50,767
Sweden 26,322 401 3,225 5 4,971 18,126 360 2,606 319 148,500 14,704
Singapore 23,336 876 20 2,721 20,595 23 3,989 3 175,604 30,016
Ireland 22,996 236 1,458 12 17,110 4,428 72 4,657 295 214,761 43,493
Belarus 22,973 921 131 5 6,406 16,436 92 2,431 14 263,543 27,890
Qatar 22,520 1,189 14 1 2,753 19,753 72 7,817 5 127,769 44,348
UAE 18,198 781 198 13 4,804 13,196 1 1,840 20 1,200,000 121,330
Israel 16,477 23 252 5 11,430 4,795 74 1,904 29 455,267 52,598
Poland 15,996 345 800 15 5,698 9,498 160 423 21 476,904 12,601
Austria 15,871 38 618 3 13,991 1,262 72 1,762 69 316,508 35,143
Japan 15,663 607 5,906 9,150 287 124 5 211,997 1,676
Romania 15,362 231 961 22 7,051 7,350 242 799 50 256,749 13,346
Ukraine 15,232 522 391 15 3,060 11,781 201 348 9 176,403 4,034
Bangladesh 14,657 887 228 14 2,650 11,779 1 89 1 122,657 745
Indonesia 14,032 387 973 14 2,698 10,361 51 4 158,273 579
S. Korea 10,874 34 256 9,610 1,008 55 212 5 663,886 12,949
Philippines 10,794 184 719 15 1,924 8,151 31 99 7 163,177 1,489
Colombia 10,495 445 2,569 7,481 130 206 9 144,912 2,848
Denmark 10,429 110 529 3 8,217 1,683 40 1,801 91 317,834 54,873
Dominican Republic 10,347 465 388 3 2,763 7,196 134 954 36 40,591 3,742
Serbia 10,114 82 215 2 3,006 6,893 43 1,158 25 140,592 16,091
South Africa 9,420 186 3,983 5,251 77 159 3 324,079 5,464
Egypt 9,400 436 525 11 2,075 6,800 41 92 5 90,000 879
Kuwait 8,688 1,065 58 9 2,729 5,901 114 2,034 14 196,397 45,988
Panama 8,282 212 237 6 4,501 3,544 85 1,919 55 40,356 9,353
Czechia 8,106 11 279 3 4,466 3,361 40 757 26 302,493 28,247
Norway 8,102 3 219 32 7,851 22 1,494 40 195,921 36,140
Australia 6,941 12 97 6,163 681 17 272 4 827,872 32,466
Malaysia 6,656 67 108 5,025 1,523 18 206 3 256,937 7,938
Morocco 6,063 153 188 2 2,554 3,321 1 164 5 65,924 1,786
Finland 5,962 82 267 2 4,000 1,695 45 1,076 48 121,500 21,929
Argentina 5,776 300 1,757 3,719 148 128 7 83,018 1,837
Algeria 5,723 165 502 8 2,678 2,543 22 131 11 6,500 148
Kazakhstan 5,076 101 31 1,901 3,144 31 270 2 398,411 21,218
Moldova 4,927 60 169 8 1,958 2,800 237 1,221 42 20,447 5,069
Bahrain 4,856 82 8 2,065 2,783 2 2,854 5 182,906 107,492
Afghanistan 4,402 369 120 5 558 3,724 7 113 3 15,560 400
Ghana 4,263 22 378 3,863 5 137 0.7 155,201 4,995
Nigeria 4,151 128 745 3,278 4 20 0.6 23,835 116
Luxembourg 3,886 9 101 3,586 199 14 6,208 161 55,250 88,262
Oman 3,399 175 17 1,117 2,265 17 666 3 50,000 9,791
Armenia 3,313 138 45 1 1,325 1,943 10 1,118 15 31,590 10,661
Hungary 3,263 50 413 8 933 1,917 50 338 43 108,257 11,206
Thailand 3,009 5 56 2,794 159 61 43 0.8 227,860 3,264
Iraq 2,767 88 109 2 1,734 924 69 3 127,153 3,161
Greece 2,716 6 151 1,374 1,191 30 261 14 98,897 9,488
Cameroon 2,579 305 114 6 1,465 1,000 28 97 4
Azerbaijan 2,519 97 32 1 1,650 837 33 248 3 193,411 19,076
Bolivia 2,437 171 114 8 258 2,065 3 209 10 7,651 655
Uzbekistan 2,418 69 10 1,881 527 8 72 0.3 325,000 9,710
Croatia 2,187 11 90 3 1,764 333 13 533 22 44,886 10,934
Bosnia and Herzegovina 2,117 27 107 5 1,106 904 4 645 33 41,282 12,583
Guinea 2,042 11 698 1,333 155 0.8
Bulgaria 1,965 44 91 1 444 1,430 58 283 13 57,231 8,237
Honduras 1,830 59 108 1 195 1,527 10 185 11 5,653 571
Iceland 1,801 10 1,773 18 5,278 29 54,195 158,816
Cuba 1,754 74 1,140 540 8 155 7 63,560 5,612
Estonia 1,739 6 60 750 929 5 1,311 45 63,372 47,773
Senegal 1,709 75 18 1 650 1,041 6 102 1 18,969 1,133
Ivory Coast 1,667 21 769 877 63 0.8 12,312 467
North Macedonia 1,642 20 91 1,136 415 21 788 44 18,821 9,034
New Zealand 1,494 2 21 1,371 102 2 310 4 190,326 39,468
Lithuania 1,479 35 50 1 828 601 17 543 18 183,913 67,558
Slovenia 1,457 3 102 1 256 1,099 10 701 49 62,828 30,221
Slovakia 1,457 2 26 941 490 5 267 5 119,859 21,954
Djibouti 1,189 3 834 352 1,203 3 15,056 15,239
Sudan 1,164 64 119 981 27 1
Somalia 1,054 57 51 3 118 885 2 66 3
Hong Kong 1,048 3 4 982 62 1 140 0.5 168,291 22,448
Tunisia 1,032 45 660 327 19 87 4 29,297 2,479
Mayotte 1,023 35 11 492 520 9 3,750 40 4,000 14,662
Kyrgyzstan 1,002 71 12 675 315 13 154 2 59,490 9,118
DRC 991 54 41 2 136 814 11 0.5
Guatemala 967 67 24 104 839 5 54 1 7,200 402
Latvia 939 9 18 464 457 2 498 10 76,592 40,607
Cyprus 898 6 16 1 401 481 10 744 13 76,139 63,062
El Salvador 889 105 17 293 579 4 137 3 41,090 6,335
Albania 868 12 31 650 187 7 302 11 10,438 3,627
Sri Lanka 856 9 9 321 526 1 40 0.4 35,323 1,650
Lebanon 845 36 26 234 585 4 124 4 51,182 7,499
Maldives 835 45 3 29 803 2 1,545 6 11,775 21,784
Niger 815 45 617 153 34 2 5,515 228
Costa Rica 780 6 480 294 6 153 1 16,517 3,242
Andorra 754 48 545 161 14 9,759 621 1,673 21,653
Burkina Faso 748 48 569 131 36 2
Guinea-Bissau 726 85 3 26 697 369 2 1,500 762
Diamond Princess 712 13 645 54 4
Uruguay 702 18 513 171 8 202 5 27,461 7,905
Mali 692 37 298 357 34 2 2,172 107
Paraguay 689 10 155 524 9 97 1 14,646 2,053
Kenya 672 23 32 2 239 401 1 12 0.6 31,041 577
Gabon 661 8 110 543 1 297 4 724 325
Georgia 635 9 10 309 316 6 159 3 29,736 7,454
San Marino 628 41 126 461 3 18,508 1,208 2,956 87,118
Tajikistan 612 20 592 64 2
Channel Islands 545 41 447 57 3,135 236 5,342 30,725
Jordan 540 18 9 389 142 5 53 0.9 111,285 10,907
Tanzania 509 21 183 305 7 9 0.4
Jamaica 498 8 9 78 411 168 3 6,889 2,326
Malta 496 6 5 433 58 1,123 11 40,493 91,708
Taiwan 440 6 366 68 18 0.3 67,133 2,819
Equatorial Guinea 439 4 13 422 313 3 854 609
Réunion 436 5 354 82 5 487 17,200 19,211
Venezuela 402 10 190 202 1 14 0.4 512,181 18,012
Palestine 375 2 263 110 74 0.4 34,511 6,765
Mauritius 332 10 320 2 3 261 8 69,773 54,863
Isle of Man 330 1 23 271 36 19 3,881 270 3,758 44,195
Montenegro 324 9 1 290 25 2 516 14 7,816 12,445
Chad 322 31 53 238 20 2
Benin 319 35 2 62 255 26 0.2 19,474 1,606
Sierra Leone 307 16 18 67 222 38 2
Vietnam 288 241 47 8 3 261,004 2,681
Rwanda 284 4 140 144 22 42,425 3,276
Congo 274 10 33 231 50 2
Zambia 267 15 7 117 143 1 15 0.4 10,270 559
Cabo Verde 246 10 2 56 188 442 4 791 1,423
Ethiopia 241 31 5 99 137 1 2 0.04 34,860 303
Sao Tome and Principe 208 5 4 199 949 23 175 799
Liberia 199 20 79 100 39 4
Madagascar 193 101 92 1 7 3,968 143
Faeroe Islands 187 187 0 3,827 8,450 172,932
Martinique 186 14 83 89 3 496 37
Myanmar 180 2 6 72 102 3 0.1 11,222 206
Togo 173 20 11 1 89 73 21 1 10,377 1,253
Eswatini 163 2 14 147 140 2 714 615
Guadeloupe 154 13 104 37 4 385 32
Haiti 151 12 17 122 13 1 1,160 102
Gibraltar 146 143 3 4,334 4,099 121,665
French Guiana 144 3 1 122 21 482 3
CAR 143 10 133 30 3,498 724
Brunei 141 1 134 6 2 322 2 15,898 36,340
Cambodia 122 120 2 1 7 13,448 804
South Sudan 120 2 118 11 1,247 111
Bermuda 118 7 64 47 4 1,895 112 4,020 64,549
Trinidad and Tobago 116 8 107 1 83 6 2,307 1,648
Uganda 116 55 61 3 56,767 1,241
Nepal 110 1 31 79 4 72,239 2,479
Aruba 101 3 89 9 4 946 28 1,874 17,552
Guyana 97 3 10 35 52 5 123 13 852 1,083
Monaco 96 4 82 10 1 2,446 102
Bahamas 92 11 37 44 1 234 28 1,500 3,814
Mozambique 91 4 34 57 3 3,923 126
Barbados 84 7 57 20 4 292 24 2,926 10,182
Liechtenstein 82 1 55 26 2,151 26 900 23,605
Cayman Islands 81 1 41 39 3 1,232 15 3,423 52,083
Sint Maarten 76 15 46 15 7 1,773 350 329 7,673
Libya 64 3 24 37 9 0.4 3,093 450
French Polynesia 60 56 4 1 214 2,950 10,502
Malawi 56 3 14 39 1 3 0.2 1,188 62
Syria 47 3 29 15 3 0.2
Macao 45 40 5 1 69
Angola 43 2 13 28 1 0.06 3,000 91
Mongolia 42 14 28 13 9,600 2,928
Saint Martin 39 3 30 6 1 1,009 78
Eritrea 39 37 2 11
Zimbabwe 36 1 4 9 23 2 0.3 20,537 1,382
Yemen 34 7 1 26 1 0.2 120 4
Antigua and Barbuda 25 3 19 3 1 255 31 183 1,869
Timor-Leste 24 21 3 18 738 560
Botswana 23 1 12 10 10 0.4 9,540 4,057
Grenada 21 13 8 4 187 1,406 12,495
Gambia 20 1 9 10 8 0.4 849 351
Laos 19 13 6 3 3,187 438
Belize 18 2 16 0 45 5 1,043 2,623
Fiji 18 14 4 20 1,300 1,450
New Caledonia 18 18 0 63 5,213 18,259
Saint Lucia 18 17 1 98 620 3,376
St. Vincent Grenadines 17 9 8 153 137 1,235
Nicaragua 16 5 7 4 2 0.8
Curaçao 16 1 14 1 98 6 389 2,371
Dominica 16 14 2 222 416 5,779
Namibia 16 11 5 6 1,543 607
Burundi 15 1 7 7 1 0.08 284 24
Saint Kitts and Nevis 15 14 1 282 327 6,147
Falkland Islands 13 13 0 3,736 402 115,517
Turks and Caicos 12 1 8 3 310 26 109 2,815
Vatican City 12 2 10 14,981
Comoros 11 1 10 13 1
Montserrat 11 1 8 2 1 2,204 200 36 7,212
Greenland 11 11 0 194 1,394 24,555
Seychelles 11 10 1 112
Suriname 10 1 9 0 17 2 404 689
MS Zaandam 9 2 7
Mauritania 8 1 6 1 2 0.2 1,842 396
Papua New Guinea 8 8 0 0.9 2,402 268
British Virgin Islands 7 1 4 2 232 33 167 5,524
Bhutan 7 5 2 9 11,655 15,105
Caribbean Netherlands 6 6 229 110 4,195
St. Barth 6 6 0 607
Western Sahara 6 5 1 10
Anguilla 3 3 0 200
Saint Pierre Miquelon 1 1 173
Total: 4,153,293 55,014 282,744 2,520 1,465,614 2,404,935 47,357 532.8 36.3