Covid cases rise 12% in a week - as experts fear Indian variant 'spreads 60% faster than Kent'
Covid cases rise 12% in a week – as experts fear Indian variant ‘spreads 60% faster than Kent’ 12 May 2021, 9:40 Updated: 12 May 2021, 10:41 UK COVID cases are on the rise and a “third wave” may have already started ahead of the next stage of unlocking. Scientists fear the new variant from India is to blame and it's predicted to be up to 60 per cent more transmissible than the dominant Kent strain. �� 5 UK Covid cases are on the rise, data suggests, ahead of the next stage of unlocking. Pictured, two friends in Finsbury Park, north London, 10 MayCredit: LNP Professor Paul Hu...