AdvertisementMinisters are cautiously optimistic that targeted vaccinations can arrest a surge of the Indian variant and stop it from derailing Boris Johnson's roadmap out of lockdown. The Government source added that there was 'no evidence' that vaccines were not effective against the Indian variant. Ministers are planning to blitz areas where the Indian variant has taken hold by vaccinating entire households to stop Covid spreading 'like wildfire'. Ministers increasingly fear that a low take-up of the vaccine by ethnic minority communities is helping to spread the Indian variant. Despite fears over the Indian variant, the Government is pressing ahead with the latest stage of its roadmap tomorrow.

Source: Daily Mail May 15, 2021 21:16 UTC