Speaking to Sky News at the G7 Leaders’ Summit 2021, Johnson said the Delta variant of Sars-CoV-2, first identified in India, is more transmissible and the cases, along with the levels of hospitalisation, are increasing. “Now, we don’t know exactly to what extent that is going to feed through into extra mortality, but clearly it’s a matter of serious, serious concern,” the UK PM told Sky News on Sunday. The final step of the United Kingdom’s planned four-step roadmap out of lockdown has seemingly been thrown in doubt with the rise of the Delta variant. Also Read | UK to donate 100 million Covid-19 vaccine doses: Boris JohnsonPHE had recently announced that the Delta variant has become the dominant variant of concern in the UK, overtaking the Alpha variant. Some of the data is still open to question, but we’ll be making an announcement on Monday,” Johnson told the British news channel.

Source: Hindustan Times June 12, 2021 14:03 UTC