The former mill town of Bolton has been revealed as the UK hotspot for the new Covid 19 strain detected in India which has been escalated to a ‘variant of concern’. Urgent measures to contain the variant are in the works in the town including surge testing and a strengthened vaccination campaign urging people to … Read more
The Indian Covid strain is now officially a variant of concern, health chiefs have announced. Public Health England confirmed the variant is ‘at least’ as infectious as the current dominant Kent strain, with cases more than doubling in a week to 520. The variant’s other characteristics ‘are still being investigated’, the health body said. Cases … Read more
The Indian Covid strain is now officially a variant of concern, health chiefs have announced. Public Health England confirmed the variant is ‘at least’ as infectious as the current dominant Kent strain, with cases more than doubling in a week to 520. Cases of the mutant coronavirus have been found in schools, care homes and … Read more
Two members of Indian delegation to London G7 summit test POSITIVE for Covid as whole group ‘goes into self-isolation’ Two members of the Indian delegation to G7 summit in London tested positive Whole group are now believed to have gone into self-isolation as a precaution Fears have been mounting over the spread of Indian variants … Read more
Two members of Indian delegation to London G7 summit test POSITIVE for Covid as whole group ‘goes into self-isolation’ Two members of the Indian delegation to G7 summit in London tested positive Whole group are now believed to have gone into self-isolation as a precaution Fears have been mounting over the spread of Indian variants … Read more
Indian Covid variants are on the rise in parts of England and now make up one in 10 cases in London, figures suggest. Data from the Sanger Institute, which analyses positive swabs for different variants, suggest the mutant strains spread widely during April. Nationally the three different variants — which are all genetically similar — … Read more
An Indian doctor on the Covid frontline has shared as harrowing photo showing him drenched in sweat, as the country becomes first in the world to record 400,000 cases in a day. Dr Sohil Makwana posted two images – one of him covered in wet PPE and another of him standing in a soaked salmon-coloured … Read more
An Indian woman has died after the police were accused of taking her oxygen cylinder away to give to a VIP amid acute shortages and a health system overwhelmed by the world’s fastest growing Covid outbreak. Video circulated on social media shows a man crying and begging officers on his hands and knees outside a … Read more
The proportion of UK Covid cases caused by the Indian variant spiked eight-fold in a fortnight at the start of April, MailOnline can reveal. Four hundred cases of the strain – linked to an explosion of cases in India – have now been detected in Britain since it was first spotted in February. While it accounted … Read more
The proportion of UK Covid cases caused by the Indian variant spiked eight-fold in a fortnight at the start of April, MailOnline can reveal. Four hundred cases of the strain – linked to an explosion of cases in India – have now been detected in Britain since it was first spotted in February. While it accounted … Read more