Don't miss a thing by getting the day's biggest stories sent direct to your inbox Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said there is “increasing confidence” that the Covid-19 vaccines are effective against all variants.
Opening Prime Minister’s Questions, Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer asked Mr Johnson if the single biggest threat to hitting the June 21 unlocking date is the risk of new variants entering the UK.
Mr Johnson replied in the Commons: “I certainly think that is one of the issues that we must face.” He added: “We’ve looked at the data again this morning and I can tell the House we have increasing confidence that vaccines are effective against all variants, including the Indian variant.” Get the latest updates from across Greater
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