UK eases lockdown but Covid variant from India threatens summer freedom
CNBC 2 hrs ago Holly Ellyatt
The U.K. is taking another step towards fully unlocking restrictions on its economy and social contact on Monday.
The spread of the Covid variant that first emerged in India is threatening a further lifting of measures in June, however.
From Monday, pubs, bars and restaurants can serve customers inside; museums, cinemas and theaters can reopen; and exercise classes and indoor sports can resume. © Provided by CNBC Busy bars and restaurants in Old Compton Street, Soho, in London in April 2021.
The U.K. relaxed restrictions on its economy and social contact further on Monday, but the spread of the Covid variant that first emerged in India is threatening a full lifting of measures.
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B.1.617.2 variant likely to dominate UK: Medic
ANI
15 May 2021, 07:18 GMT+10
London [UK], May 15 (ANI): The B.1.617.2 variant of COVID-19, first identified in India, is likely to take over and dominate in the United Kingdom, said England s Chief Medical Officer Chris Whitty on Friday.
Speaking at a press conference at 10 Downing Street, Whitty said: The thing which has changed, which is of a very clear view that this variant is more transmissible than that the B.117 and we expect that this variant will overtake and come to dominate in the UK in the way the B.117 variant took over and indeed the other variants have taken over prior to that. The medical officer also told reporters that the variant has shown a steady upward curve in the UK, adding that Bolton has seen more cases of the variant first identified in India.