Covid: Concern increases over India variant in UK

Covid: Concern increases over India variant in UK Public health experts have recommended one version of the Indian coronavirus variant be made a "variant of concern" in the UK, the BBC has been told.

Public Health England (PHE) is tracking B.1.617.2 which appears to spread more quickly than two other identified subtypes of the Indian variant.

Scientists also believe it is at least as transmissible than the variant detected in Kent last year. BBC News

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