THE Indian variant of Covid-19 has now been detected in Allerdale and Carlisle, new data has suggested. Public Health England has been tracking the spread of the B.1.617.2 mutation – which originated in India – by testing positive Covid-19 cases across the country for an “S-gene”. It appears that readers are suffering Covid fatigue” however, with some dismissing the variant all together. Neil Harrison is one who thinks we should be getting back to normal through the vaccine: “It’s about time now people started getting back on with things. Last week we had a report of a Humber and Yorkshire variant, so when does it stop?