Local lockdowns WON’T beat Indian variant - it’s a 'UK-wide problem'

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LOCAL lockdowns won’t beat the Indian Covid variant, an expert has warned. Professor James Naismith said today the growing infections are a UK-wide problem, and will spread beyond the current…

People walking near a warning sign in Bolton - where cases of the Indian variant have soaredHe told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: "I think we should view it as a country-wide problem."When we tried locally having different restrictions in different regions that didn't really make any difference.said while visiting a school in County Durham this morning: "It is a variant of concern, we are anxious about it.

"At the moment, I can see nothing that dissuades me from thinking we will be able to go ahead on Monday and indeed, everywhere, but there may be things we have to do locally and we will not hesitate to do them if that is the advice we get." He told Times Radio: "I think there's two key things that have got to be kind of evaluated - if infections go up, how quickly will they go up? But then after that, are they linked to the hospitalisations?

 

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