UK Covid news: India added to England ’s travel red list – as it happened

India added to travel red list, Hancock tells MPs, as number of Indian variant cases in UK rises to 103. This live blog is now closed –please follow the global coronavirus live blog for updatesIndia to go on England ’s Covid travel ‘red list’ on FridayCricket in England facing headaches after India placed on ‘red list’What do we know about the Indian coronavirus variant?Britons working at home spend more time on job in Covid crisis – ONS5.33pmBSTRelated:Coronavirus live news: Greece suspends rollout of Johnson& Johnson vaccine; EU may not renew AZ contract5.29pmBSTIn the Commons earlierMatt Hancock, the health secretary, was asked by Labour ’sTan Dhesi if vaccines would effective against the Indian variant. Hancock said he could not give that assurance. He replied:We simply don ’t know that. We’re acting on a precautionary basis because we do not have ... I can’t give him that assurance.And of course we ’re looking into that question as fast as possible but that is the core of my concern about the variant first found in India, is that the vaccines may be less effective in terms of transmission and, or in terms of reducing hospitalisation and death.Continue reading...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - Category: Science Authors: Tags: Coronavirus Politics UK news Boris Johnson Matt Hancock Conservatives Scotland Scottish politics Infectious diseases India NHS Microbiology Medical research Health Wales Race Vaccines and immunisation Keir Starmer Devol Source Type: news