People queuing for Covid vaccinations in Bolton, one of the areas where the Indian variant is surgingHospital data from Indian variant hotspots will show next week whether the easing of restrictions is likely to be seriously disrupted, Downing Street believes. SponsoredSewage is also being monitored to give early warning of variant outbreaks in other parts of the country. As senior backbenchers warned him yesterday not to delay the end of all restrictions on June 21, Johnson refused to rule out local lockdowns. The Times revealed yesterday that stay-at-home orders are part of last-resort planning. The prime minister stressed that “we’ve got

Source: The Times May 18, 2021 23:03 UTC