More than 150,000 people have died after catching coronavirus in the United Kingdom, the government said Saturday, in a tragic milestone for one of the worst affected countries in Europe. Russia is the only European country with a higher reported death toll, at almost 315,000. AdvertisementHospitalizations and deaths are nevertheless far lower than in the first wave of the pandemic when people were unvaccinated. “Our way out of this pandemic is for everyone to get their booster or their first or second dose if they haven’t yet,” Johnson said Saturday. In France more than 100,000 people protested Saturday over what they say are government plans to further restrict the rights of the unvaccinated, days after French President Emmanuel Macron vowed to “piss off” those refusing the shot.

Source: The Times January 09, 2022 13:50 UTC