Britain has postponed local elections, which were due to be held in May this year, for a year. In response to the U.S. travel ban on Britain, the Foreign Office has advised nationals to cancel nonessential trips to the United States. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will announce on Monday that he is encouraging British medical device manufacturers to produce more respirators and medical equipment to help the healthcare sector fight the epidemic. Previously, the British government's strategy of fighting the epidemic through "herd immunity" has been criticized by many academics. 229 scientists in the UK published an open letter on the 14th, saying that the idea of "herd immunity" would put the national healthcare system under even greater pressure and "put many people at risk". It also "puts many people's lives at risk unnecessarily".
There are two ways to deal with new infectious diseases. One is to cure every case in the world, which is difficult to do, so the only way to stop the epidemic at this stage is to obtain "herd immunity". The U.S. expert shook his head in disbelief, saying that an unchecked epidemic would overwhelm the healthcare system and would require radical measures like those taken in China and Italy.