Boris Johnson today hinted that the June 21 'freedom day' will go ahead as he said he still does not see 'anything' in coronavirus data that would prevent the roadmap going ahead. But the figures came after two separate datasets yesterday suggested the opposite trend, allaying fears the Indian variant was spiralling out of control. She added authorities are 'fairly certain' the increase is being driven by the Indian variant of the virus. Britain today also recorded just seven Covid deaths as the fatality toll continues to drop. PHE also revealed that it had detected another mutant Covid variant in Yorkshire and the Humber which it has assigned as a 'Variant Under Investigation'.

Source: The Nation May 21, 2021 19:52 UTC