In a letter sent to BA staff, airline bosses begged cabin crew not to stay away. According to one employee, some members of cabin crew are "scared of working on the flights", reports The Sun. Health Secretary Matt Hancock said today there are now more than 1,300 cases of the Indian variant in the UK. The Health Secretary warned the highly transmissible variant can “spread like wildfire among the unvaccinated groups” as he urged people to come forward for jabs when eligible. The Health Secretary said there had been no known deaths from the Indian variant in Bolton of somebody who has received both jabs.

Source: Daily Mirror May 16, 2021 11:26 UTC