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The Christmas festivities were in full swing at the RDS in Dublin this afternoon, with hundreds of people sitting down to eat their Christmas dinner.
Advertisement Boris Johnson today admitted he was 'anxious' about the Indian variant spreading rapidly in the UK and warned the Government would 'rule nothing out' in its effort to contain it – as official figures revealed weekly Covid cases have doubled in four hotspots where the strain is surging. The Prime Minister claimed England's lockdown-easing plans on Monday and June 21 were still on track — despite cases of the B.1.617.2 strain also tripling nationally in the last seven days – but hinted localised measures could be imposed. This could include 'surge vaccinations', in which...
Public Health England data shows Bolton, Bedford, Blackburn with Darwen and Sefton are seeing Covid rises All four are hotspots for the Indian variant, according to analysis by one of the UK's biggest variant trackers Prime Minister claimed that England's lockdown-easing plans still on track but hinted at local restrictions SAGE is meeting today to decide whether to keep curbs for longer to contain spread of the Indian variant Cross-party MPs and families living in hotspots blamed ministers for taking weeks to put India on red list
Indian variant hotspot Blackburn offers jabs to all over-18s as Boris admits he's 'anxious' over 100% increase in some areas as national infection rate creeps up Count of new positive tests was on par with last Thursday, with a 1.7 per cent rise. Deaths fell 15 per cent Dr Yvonne Doyle, Public Health England medical director, said falling hospital admissions are proof jabs work Almost 640,000 more vaccine doses were given out yesterday, with 35.9million having had at least one dose