Covid: Surge vaccinations could be used to tackle Indian varianton May 13, 2021 at 12:42 pm

The government wants to consider “all options” to deal with the rise of the Covid variant, No 10 says.

The BBC’s senior political reporter Matt Cole said sources told him that while England was still expected to move to stage three of the roadmap out of lockdown on 17 May and the PM is thought to have signed off some reduction in social distancing measures, a politically difficult rethink may now be under consideration.