Indian variant could deliver ‘serious disruption’ to UK lockdown plans

Prime Minister Boris Johnson during a media briefing(Matt Dunham/PA)

Boris Johnson has warned that plans to end lockdown restrictions next month are in jeopardy as scientists feared the Indian coronavirus variant could be 50% more transmissible than the Kent strain.

The Prime Minister told a Downing Street press conference that England will face “hard choices” if the Indian variant of concern turned out to be much more transmissible than others.