Covid: Hancock confident jab works against Indian variant

Covid: Hancock confident jab works against Indian variant The UK has "increasing confidence" that Covid-19 vaccines work against the Indian variant of the virus, the health secretary has said.

Scientists believe that the variant is more transmissible and cases of it nearly tripled to 1,313 in the past week in England.

But Matt Hancock said early lab data showed vaccines remained effective. BBC News

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