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The Indian variant has scientists worried, but the PM's instinct, to make the timetable work, is the correct response.
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The Indian variant has scientists worried, but the PM's instinct, to make the timetable work, is the correct response.
What have government ministers said? Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he was "anxious" about the variant and was not ruling out regional restrictions. He said: "At the moment there is a very wide range of scientific opinion about what could happen. "There is a range of things we could do, we are ruling nothing out." Vaccines minister Nadhim Zahawi said that Monday's easing of restrictions will still go-ahead despite concerns around the variant. He said: "We think that the roadmap for Monday remains in place, because the vaccines are delivering, and vaccines are keeping people out of hospit...
They are the first known domestic deaths from the new variant of the virus which has been declared a variant of concern in the UK.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson will host a Covid-19 press conference from Downing Street at 5pm today
THE Indian variant of Covid-19 has been identified in the south west, Public Health Dorset confirmed.