Covid variant identified in India could ‘catch out’ the vulnerable warns expert

Dozens of cases of the variant have been identified in the UK.

An expert has said variants of the virus which causes Covid-19 ‘do pose a threat’ and vulnerable people could be ‘caught out’. Picture: Brian Lawless/PA

The variant of coronavirus first identified in India is likely to become a “variant of concern” which could potentially lead to the country being put on the UK’s travel “red list”, an immunology expert has said.

Danny Altmann, professor of immunology at Imperial College London, said variants of the virus which causes Covid-19 “do pose a threat” and vulnerable people could be “caught out”.