Boris Johnson 'increasingly confident' that jabs will halt spread of Indian variant - The Times

Confidence is increasing that vaccines are effective against the Indian strain of coronavirus, Boris Johnson has said, adding to hopes that the easing of lockdown restrictions next month will go ahead as planned.

At prime minister’s questions today, he said the latest data indicated that jabs were working against all variants of the virus.

The spread of the Indian variant, known officially as B.1.617.2, had led to concern about easing the remaining restrictions in England on June 21. However, the prime minister said there was no conclusive evidence to suggest a need to deviate from the road map.

In a further sign of optimism, he told the Commons: “We’ve looked at the data again this morning and I can tell the House we have increasing

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2021-05-19 12:25:00Z
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