Health Secretary Matt Hancock said today that between half and three quarters of all Covid cases in the UK are now being caused by the Indian variantThe Indian Covid variant now makes up between half and three quarters of all cases in the UK, Matt Hancock said today. Mr Hopson said hospitals in Indian variant hotspots in England were seeing cases rise steadily. Britain's mammoth vaccine drive has continued at full steam ahead amid the threat of the Indian variant. Government advisers sounded the alarm about the Indian variant last month before it became the UK's dominant strain, saying it may be up to 50 per cent more infectious than the Kent variant. Despite fears the rapid spread of the Indian variant could threaten plans to ease lockdown restrictions next month, Britain's coronavirus outbreak may not be spiralling out of control.
