Due to their isolation and the ability to limit communication with the outside world, many island states managed to quickly localize the spread of the epidemic, as a result of which the incidence and mortality rates were much lower than in the whole world. So, in Australia, the number of detected cases as of the beginning of autumn 2021 was about 50,000, of which 993 cases had fatal outcomes (ranking 118th in the world); in New Zealand, a total of 3,380 cases of the disease were detected (of which 26 were fatal); on the island of Greenland a total of 326 cases of the disease without deaths were registered. At the same time, the UK in terms of the number of cases came close to the mark of 7 million people, as a result of which it ranked 6th in the world. It was in Great Britain that the «delta» strain was one of the first registered, which caused many states to close their air borders with Great Britain. Only according to official statistics, in the UK, the coronavirus infection was registered in every tenth inhabitant of the country. At the same time, the UK occupies one of the leading places in the world in terms of vaccination rates — as of September 1, 70 % of the population received two doses of the vaccine. A feature of English healthcare is its statehood — funding for the needs of medicine is carried out not at the expense of insurance premiums, but at the expense of tax deductions. The central government allocates state funds to the Ministry of Health, which is responsible for further allocation of funds. Despite the fact that in July 2021 the daily number of newly diagnosed cases of the disease was one of the highest in the world, the government of the country announced the lifting of all quarantine restrictions from July 19.