Surge testing is also being introduced in targeted areas of Bradford, West Yorkshire, health officials said on Friday. Anyone with a confirmed case of the Indian variant, also known as the 'Delta' variant, is being instructed to self-isolate. Friday brought another rise in daily Covid case numbers, continuing a creeping upwards trend. The daily Covid case numbers topped 6,000, in the highest levels recorded in three months. Independent Sage scientists urged the Government to "pause" plans to ease England's coronavirus lockdown and issued seven demands amid a "rapid increase" in cases of the Indian variant.

Source: Daily Mirror June 04, 2021 19:23 UTC