The designation of Delta Variant has been given to the Indian variant. Brilliantly the headline used still says Indian variant proving the point, the system seems weird too as there's an inherent number cap on the number of names that can be used and I'm not sure that the Indian variant is the fourth?
The Former Chief Scientific Advisor to the Government has said the UK is now at a perilous moment as cases begin a sharp rise
An existing advisor has echoed the call for a delay to the next easings.
A third expert has said that lifting the restrictions and then having to reintroduce them later or a fourth lockdown would be societally and economically much worse than delaying the 21 June restrictions.
Other than in Bolton multiple areas in the North West are now seeing harsh spikes in new cases similar to the first and second waves.
Boris Johnson has said he see's nothing in the data so suggest lifting 21 June restrictions will need to be delayed.
Still, you can see why he'd say that, we are in uncharted waters after all...
01 June 2020 - Public cautious as lockdown restrictions continue to be lifted. Hancock "We mustn't throw away the progress that has been made". Number of deceased 39,045. Number of new cases in the last 24 hours - 1,936
01 June 2021 - Public cautious as lockdown restrictions continue to be lifted. Johnson "We see nothing to suggest delaying further restrictions lifting is necessary". Number of deceased 127,782, Number of new cases in the last 24 hours - est. between 3,300 to 4,500
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