Friday, 28th May 2021, 8:13 am
Officials are examining the data after confirmed cases of the Indian variant of Covid-19 reached almost 7,000 (Photo by ADRIAN DENNIS/AFP via Getty Images)
Cases of the Indian variant have doubled in a week leading to fresh doubts over the ending of Covid restrictions in England next month.
Boris Johnson warned that freedom from restrictions on 21 June may have to wait as it emerged three-quarters of new cases are now the Indian mutation.
Ministers are remaining cautious on the prospect of all measures being scrapped in England on 21 June, as set out in the Prime Minister’s road map, although hospital admissions remain flat.