Covid vaccines have ‘broken the chain’ between catching bug and becoming ill, NHS expert says
Data suggests the mutation is twice as likely to cause hospitalisation, leaving this month's Freedom Day hanging in the balance.Ministers and officials are working on contingency plans to move “Freedom Day” to next month, as well as retaining distancing and limits on fans in stadiums - potentially plunging the Euros into chaos.
He BBC Radio 4's Today programme there were a "number of concerning signs" following early evidence that first dose vaccines are not as effective against the new strain.While government adviser Professor Stephen Reicher said it would be "foolish" and a "major risk" to go ahead with the June 21 reopening.
Of the 12,431 Indian variant cases so far confirmed in the UK, 10,797 are in England, 1,511 in Scotland, 97 in Wales and 26 in Northern Ireland.
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