UK will need tougher restrictions in next few months to stop mutant Covid strain, Sir Patrick Vallance warns
manchestereveningnews.co.ukdirect to your inboxTougher restrictions may be needed in some areas of the country to curb the spread of a fast-spreading strain of the coronavirus.That was the warning from the government's chief scientific adviser as he said the new variant is likely to 'spread in numbers'.Speaking at the Downing Street press conference on Monday, Sir Patrick Vallance said: "The tier decisions are not ones for me, but I will say that the evidence of this virus is that it spreads easily, it's more transmissible. "We absolutely need to make sure we've got the right level of restrictions in place."I think this is likely that it will grow in numbers of the variant across the country and I think it's likely therefore that measures need to be increased in some.
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