A surge vaccination campaign could be targeted at areas where there has been a rise in cases of the coronavirus variant first identified in India, Downing Street has hinted, as the prime minister admitted he was “anxious” about how quickly the variant is spreading in the UK.
… The variant of concern – known as B.1.617.2 – is circulating in London and is “at least as transmissible” as the Kent variant that is now dominant across the UK, said Prof Paul Elliott, the director of the React programme at Imperial College London.
No word on its spread in Canada of late.
