TEGUCIGALPA, HONDURAS.- UK lives firsthand what Wuhan, in China, suffered in December as a result of the covid-19 pandemic. The only difference is that England is the victim of a new strain of the disease, which has prompted them to take further action.
London, the capital of that country, is like the Wuhan of England, the city that became the epicenter of the new variant of the coronavirus, which has thousands of people in need, including several Hondurans.
In accordance with Ivan Romero Martinez, Honduran ambassador to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, at least a thousand compatriots live there, but more than half (about 600) are in London.
One of them is Harold Isaac Borjas Vasquez, a young Honduran-Spanish male, who recently arrived in London with the idea of expanding his employment prospects, but who is in compulsory quarantine with the new species.
In dialogue with THE HERALD, the fellow countryman, born in San Lorenzo, Vallesouth of Honduras, he said he arrived in that city on December 21, but that after filling out a form and performing his immigration check, he had to go straight to the place where he was to spend 10 days practically locked up.
He decided to go to a shelter, where he arrived in that country four days ago. Quarantine is absolute. The person who enters must not leave for nothing. Basic purchases (food, medicine, etc.) must be made by third parties.
“Now I can’t go outside, but they say that everything is wrong here because of the mutation that the corona virus has had. I have not felt much change on the street, I don’t know what it was like before, but I speak in the sense that the government is not taking action with the citizens, ” he said, referring to whatever he is in Spain, his second homeland. has experienced.
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Harold told that in England, especially in London, there are many people who do not wear masks, a measure that is mandatory in Southern European countries and other parts of the world.
In UK It is only mandatory in closed places, shopping centers or on public transport. What does happen is that mobility is reduced, that is, few people walk on the street.
Ángela Cruz, another fellow countryman living in the UK, said THE HERALD that only “base” companies are open.
The Honduran lives in Eastbourne, a town two hours from the capital. “The situation is somewhat critical because of the new tribe out there, but in places like this we can’t go to the capital, which is London; they closed those roads, ”he said.
“In my job, I am concerned about contaminating the gentlemen. I am also cleaning hotels and there are hardly any customers in the rooms. Security measures are extreme, no food is served in the hotels,” he said .
Measurements
As the new species became known in England, Prime Minister Boris Johnson spoke of stricter lockdown and reducing resident gatherings, especially during Christmas celebrations. He also mentioned the closure of some “non-essential” businesses (hairdressers, gyms, etc.).
Contamination with the new variant is 70% higher, forcing more than twenty countries to restrict flights from the United Kingdom.
According to international media, this species was discovered in September, but it wasn’t until November – when a quarter of the cases in London were due to this new variety – that the warnings went through the roof. In December, cases had increased by nearly two-thirds.
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Currently, there are 2.2 million infected and nearly 70 thousand deaths in the UK, according to the Worldometers website, which does not specify how many people were infected with the new species. Local media reports that there were more than 20 thousand until December 19 last year.
The measures in that country have been questioned and branded as “lazy,” as the prime minister at the time proposed “collective immunization,” but then he was forced to give back when the Imperial College London presented a mathematical model that visualized the increase in deaths from the disease.
Are Hondurans infected?
Last Monday, the ambassador of Honduras in the United Kingdom He assured them that they had no records of fellow countrymen infected with the new species.
In dialogue with HRN, the diplomat suggested that Hondurans would stay in constant contact with them. “The embassy’s phones and emails are available and, above all, we are following the evolution of each,” he said.
He also said that Hondurans are in London They comply with biosecurity measures to avoid contamination.
Today we are practically talking about a ghost London. 90 percent are paralyzed, food and emergency supplies are barely open, ”he described.
Romero Martinez expressed concern about the new strain, as it is 70% more contagious than the virus discovered in Wuhan, China in late December 2019, but warned that research is still underway on the variant that also keeps people on their toes. Honduras.