The UK is “anxious” about the Indian COVID variant and the government is “ruling nothing out” when it comes to tackling its spread, the prime minister has said.
Boris Johnson said the COVID-19 variant “has been spreading” and the UK wants to “grip it”.
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“We want to make sure that we take all the prudential, all the cautious steps now that we could take,” he said.
“So there are meetings going on today to consider exactly what we need to do.”
Despite concerns about the variant, the PM said he “can see nothing that dissuades me from thinking we’ll be able to go ahead on Monday and indeed on 21 June everywhere” in terms of easing coronavirus restrictions.