From late lockdown to world travel hub - why the UK has Europe's highest death toll
Coronavirus is most virulent among the elderly, with the average age of deaths above 80, and it has spread rapidly throughAbout 400,000 people are in UK care homes, many of them with illnesses that leave them susceptible to coronavirusDementia increases the risk of death from the virus by 39 per cent, chronic heart disease raises it by 31 per cent, chronic kidney disease by 25 per cent and chronic pulmonary disease by 19 per cent.
It is thought the obese suffer breathing problems that reduce lung function, leading to the higher death rate. “Because we’re so connected to the rest of the world, people came from multiple places at the same time.” Britain was later into lockdown than Germany, Ireland and many East European nations. Italy and Spain banned outdoor exercise but the UK allowed it to continue.Credit: Getty Images - Getty
On March 12, Britain abandoned its policy of containment and announced that community case-finding and contact-tracing would end.Former Government Chief Scientific Adviser Professor Sir David King said lockdown came “too late” and “every day’s delay” had cost lives.IN early March when Covid-19 case numbers began rising steeply, the UK abandoned contact tracing.
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