SAGE experts 'will hold emergency meeting over the spread of the Indian variant in UK' but No10 plays down fears of a delay to lockdown easing – as Andy Burnham demands vaccines for ALL over-16s in Manchester as mutant cases surge SAGE experts will hold an emergency meeting today in order to discuss the spread of India's Covid variant - The Indian strain is now dominant in four local authorities in England, surveillance data show Hotspots Bolton and neighbouring Blackburn with Darwen are now also seeing infections start to rise But Public Health England has only launched surge testing in Bolton to root out cases of the strain