Mr Johnson has warned England will face 'hard choices' if the Indian variant turns out to be much more transmissible than others. He tweeted: 'At the moment the Indian variant is surging in a small number of £localgov areas. In the affluent Formby area of Sefton, new drive-through and walk-through test centres were set up on Friday, specifically to identify the Indian variant. PHE Covid variant expert Professor Nick Loman, from Birmingham University, said the Indian variant's effect on vaccines is 'not particularly concerning'. Professor Loman said the mutations carried by the Indian strain do not seem to allow it to dodge vaccine-gained immunity.

Source: Daily Mail May 15, 2021 08:47 UTC