Sign up Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy noticeA leading scientist has warned that 'a big number' of people could be hospitalised with coronavirus as the Indian variant continues to rip through the UK. He added: "I think it is particularly this increase in transmission that is potentially going to cause us considerable problems. Dr Kurcharski said the current picture meant that it was "hard to be confident" that a "big number" of people will not end up in hospital due to the spread of the Indian variant and the number of adults still unvaccinated in the UK. He said Britain faces a different battle in the face of the dominance of the Indian variant, meaning it could be "hard to justify" easing further restrictions this month. Dr Kucharski described the current graph of infections as "U-shaped", with the vaccines having worked to quell infections from the Kent variant, but the Indian variant is now causing a fresh rise in cases.

Source: Daily Mirror June 05, 2021 07:46 UTC