Threat and we but they are staying relatively stable. In terms of the 6. 72 variant, one thing also remains the same which is our current assessment of the Vaccine Likelihood being effective remaining what it was which we think it will probably protect against severe disease and hospitalisation. We are not so confident about the degree to which it protects against mild Disease And Transmission and that is because we dont have the data. The thing which has changed is the very clear view it now that everyone is looked at it that this is more transmissible than the b 117 and we expect over time this variant will overtake and come to dominate in the uk in the way that beat woman seven took over and indeed other variants have taken over prior to that. Beat ii7. Indeed other variants have taken over prior to that. Beat 117. As a Prime Minister say, there are some things we want to look for and the most important is it is a bit more traversable or a lot more, that would imply we have a really
Portugal from next monday, after last Minute Uncertainty over their governments plans. And they always land on their feet this cat had onlookers agast as it leapt from the fifth floor of a burning building in chicago landed, and Sauntered Off what a cool cat. Good Evening And Welcome to bbc news. Borisjohnson has said that the new indian variant of coronavirus could pose a serious disruption, to the progress made in tackling the virus, and make it more difficult to move to the final stage of relaxing restrictions in england injune. Speaking earlier this evening, the Prime Minister said that second Vaccine Doses for the Over 50s would be accelerated, in a bid to keep ahead of the virus. Cases of the indian variant have more than doubled in a week, with over 1300 cases, mostly in england. The government says theres no firm evidence that the variant causes more severe disease or that its more resistant to the vaccine but that it may be more transmissible. Heres our medical editor fergus w