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Updated: 7:23, 27 May 2021 THE Indian Covid variant could lead to tougher restrictions across the UK, the scientist behind Britain’s lockdown has warned. Professor Neil Ferguson, dubbed Prof Lockdown, said the mutant strain could prevent the Government’s roadmap from going ahead as planned if it is more transmissible than previous variants. �� 6 Professor Neil Ferguson, pictured, has warned the Indian Covid variant could lead to tougher restrictions across the UKCredit: PA 6 He warned it would be a "concern" if cases double every 10-14 daysCredit: AFP He added that it could be another...

The crucial facts Cummings left out tell a very different story of lockdown Documents from critical pre-lockdown meetings expose the glaring holes in the former adviser’s case 27 May 2021 • 9:15pm Rarely has the lid been blown off the British government machine in such a brutal and spectacular way. Dominic Cummings has invited us to see horrors. Barefaced lies, told by incompetent ministers, he claims. A Cabinet barely worthy of the name, led by a Prime Minister unfit for office, making decisions opposed not just to reason but (sometimes) the law. A spectacular trail of culpable failures ...

Professor Ravi Gupta said the virus would try to become more efficient at transmission.

Coronavirus is going to do “weird” things going forward, and “super mutant viruses” may emerge, an expert has warned. Professor Ravi Gupta, professor of clinical microbiology at the University of Cambridge, said that while this would not necessarily be a bad thing, the virus would try to become more efficient at transmission as more people are protected. He added that coronavirus is unpredictable and we should not be overconfident at any stage. Asked about how to prepare for future variants, Prof Gupta told a press briefing: “I think that we have good vaccines, now we need to ...

The UK has recorded more than 3,000 Covid cases for the first time in a month as fears grow around the spread of the Indian variant. Infections spiked by 18 per cent on last Wednesday's figure.