appropriate " to push on with the easing of lockdown tomorrow despite warnings from scientists and medics. The Tory minister warned the highly transmissible variant could " spread like wildfire among the unvaccinated groups" as he urged people to come forward for jabs when eligible.
Hancock was also forced to defend the UK Government against criticism it acted too late in imposing heightened border restrictions for travel from India.The Cabinet minister said there are now more than 1,300 cases of the so-called Indian variant in total and it is becoming "the dominant strain" in areas including Bolton and Blackburn in the North West.There has also been cases identified across parts of Scotland over the last couple of weeks.
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