當(dāng)?shù)貢r間3月14日，英國《每日電訊報》網(wǎng)站發(fā)表獨家文章稱：鮑里斯•約翰遜承認(rèn)，拖延首次封城（2020年3月）是個錯誤！
文章援引約翰遜身邊人士的消息，約翰遜承認(rèn)，去年延誤了首次全國性封城措施是一個錯誤，不過該人士也堅持認(rèn)為首相的決策失誤是由科學(xué)顧問團隊呈報的數(shù)據(jù)導(dǎo)致的。如果約翰遜有重來一次的機會，他的措施會“更嚴(yán)、更早，更快”。
Boris Johnson accepts it was a mistake to delay the start of the first national lockdown, close allies have said, while insisting the Prime Minister was let down by scientific advisers. Johnson would act “harder, earlier and faster” if he had his time again.
去年的3月23日，英國迎來疫情后的首次封城措施。如今，距離首次封城接近一周年。根據(jù)英國政府11日發(fā)布的數(shù)據(jù)顯示，該國當(dāng)天新增新冠確診病例6753例，累計確診4241677例；新增死亡病例181例，累計死亡125168例。
文章寫到，封城一周年之際，約翰遜因為成功促使英國的疫苗接種計劃推廣而受到贊賞，但是他最終需要面臨這個問題：為什么英國的死亡數(shù)據(jù)在全歐洲最高，全世界排第五。
As the first anniversary of lockdown approaches, Johnson has rightly won plaudits for the runaway success of Britain’s vaccine rollout, but knows he will eventually have to confront the question of why the UK has suffered the highest death toll in Europe and the fifth-highest in the world.
這是3月11日在英國倫敦拍攝的威斯敏斯特教堂改造的新冠疫苗接種中心外的指路牌。新華社發(fā)（雷伊•唐攝）圖源：新華網(wǎng)
據(jù)《每日電訊報》了解，有關(guān)封城的關(guān)鍵時間點是在2020年3月14日星期六，也就是實際開始實施封城措施的9天以前，約翰遜看到了一些“證據(jù)”：即相關(guān)部長和科學(xué)團隊此前“誤算”了英國醫(yī)療系統(tǒng)多久之后會不堪重負(fù)。
The Telegraph has learnt that the pivotal moment in imposing lockdown came on March 14 last year – nine days before lockdown started – when Mr Johnson was shown evidence that ministers and scientific advisers had badly miscalculated how quickly the NHS would be overwhelmed.
當(dāng)天，在一次匆忙召開的會議上，唐寧街10號的分析師告訴了約翰遜，此前的“壓平曲線”政策不管用，而醫(yī)院距離“過載”僅有3周時間，對此約翰遜十分震驚。
The Prime Minister was “stunned” to be told by a Number 10 data analyst at a hurriedly-convened Saturday meeting that his policy was not working and that hospitals were as little as three weeks away from being past capacity.
這是3月8日在英國倫敦拍攝的空蕩蕩的考文特花園。英國政府8日發(fā)布的數(shù)據(jù)顯示，該國當(dāng)天新增新冠確診病例4712例。新華社記者 韓巖 攝 圖源：新華網(wǎng)
而在那之前，約翰遜一直基于政府部門提供的過時計劃制定決策。不過，直到3月23日他才頒布“居家令”，有科學(xué)家稱如此延誤可能導(dǎo)致第一波疫情期間死亡人數(shù)翻倍。
Mr Johnson had, until then, been making decisions based on out-of-date projections provided by Government departments. But he waited until March 23 to issue his “stay at home” order, a decision which scientists have claimed doubled the death toll in the first wave.
在《每日電訊報》網(wǎng)站上，還有另一篇文章寫道：
新冠疫情封鎖措施一年后：為什么鮑里斯•約翰遜花了那么久的時間后才告訴我們要待在家中？
文章還原了去年3月14日的情形：
知情者說：我們的首要任務(wù)是確保醫(yī)療系統(tǒng)可以應(yīng)對，但新冠疫情不僅僅會越過圖表數(shù)據(jù)上英國醫(yī)療系統(tǒng)的紅線，而是會直接“擊穿”！不過盡管如此，首相依然沒有直接采取完全的封城措施。隨后的周一，相關(guān)科學(xué)顧問把防疫口徑變得更嚴(yán)厲了一些：有明顯證據(jù)顯示，應(yīng)該盡快加強保持社交距離的措施。
"Our priority had always been to make sure the NHS could cope," said another insider, "but the new analysis showed Covid wasn't going to just pass that line on the graph, it was going to really smash through it." The Prime Minister did not, however, fully lock the country down straight away. The following Monday, Sage toughened its stance, saying “there is clear evidence to support additional social distancing measures being introduced as soon as possible”.
3月8日，在英國倫敦關(guān)閉的店鋪旁放置著提醒人們保持社交距離的標(biāo)識?！⌒氯A社記者 韓巖 攝 圖源：新華網(wǎng)
去年3月18日，首相顧問康明斯曾建議于20日開啟全國封城，但是首相拒絕了。19日，英國電視上播出了意大利疫情的影像：死者過多，火葬場不堪重負(fù)，軍用卡車不得不將遺體運走。隨后，民眾對于封城的支持度上升了。
Dominic Cummings is understood to have recommended that the country go into lockdown by March 20, but again Mr Johnson put off the decision. On March 19 public support for lockdown leapt up when television footage showed bodies being driven out of Bergamo in Italy in military trucks because the local crematorium could not cope with the numbers of dead.
直到去年3月23日，彼時英國疫情累計死亡人數(shù)翻三倍達到335，累計確診病例6650，約翰遜才不再猶豫下達封城令。
The death toll had leapt threefold to 335, with 6,650 cases. Mr Johnson decided he could delay no longer.
據(jù)央視新聞報道，由于鮑里斯推遲全國防疫封鎖，耽誤了最佳的防疫時機，最終導(dǎo)致英國成為在學(xué)校封閉、公共活動暫停、限制國內(nèi)或國際旅行等方面的時間在歐洲屬于最長的國家之一，意味著經(jīng)濟等各方面的損失也是最大。
目前，第三輪新冠疫情正席卷歐洲大部分國家。隨之而來的是，由于疫苗接種項目停滯不前而陷入困境的多個國家正經(jīng)歷感染率和確診病例數(shù)量的急劇上升。現(xiàn)在多個國家正計劃在未來幾天實施新的嚴(yán)格封鎖措施。
A third wave of the Covid pandemic is now advancing swiftly across much of Europe. As a result, many nations – bogged down by sluggish vaccination campaigns – are witnessing sharp rises in infection rates and numbers of cases. Several countries are now set to impose strict new lockdown measures in the next few days.
綜合來源：新華網(wǎng)，央視新聞，Telegraph，觀察者網(wǎng)，中國日報網(wǎng)英語點津
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