The average age of newly infected Brits has fallen from 41 at the beginning of the year to just 29 – the lowest average age recorded yet.
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Following further pressure from SAGE on delaying Britain's unlock, the Prime Minister has said that Number 10 may have to "wait" for more data before pushing ahead with ending the lockdown.
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Neil Ferguson says that the spread of the Indian strain may lead to restrictions being "tightened" – but as Britain recorded 3,000 Covid cases today for the first time in a month, deaths remained in the single figures.
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The line from officials on the chance of lockdown ending on June 21st has shifted from "nil" to "very good" in less than a week – largely due to confidence in the effectiveness of vaccines against the Indian variant.
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Children as young as 16 years-old are set to be offered Covid vaccines produced by Pfizer and Moderna as Manchester launches a "preventive vaccine plan" due to fears about the Indian variant.
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Boris Johnson is holding talks with his Cabinet today amid reports that there is a "close to nil" chance that lockdown will end on June 21st because of fears over the Indian Covid variant.
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The Indian variant has been used to justify the Government U-turning on ending mask-wearing in the classroom, with areas where the strain is more dominant having been told to keep to the mask mandate in place.
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The Government is considering extending lockdown beyond June 21st to protect those who refuse the vaccine from the Indian variant. According to one minister, some unvaccinated "idiots" risk ruining it for everyone else.
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A new study from India claims that the AstraZeneca vaccine offers 97% protection against Covid infection. But it's just a press release, there's no control group, and the figures don't make sense.
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Professor Robert Dingwall, a member of NERVTAG, appeared on BBC Radio 5 this morning to talk about the Indian variant, vaccines, models, masks and lockdowns. This is about as sceptical as you will get on the BBC.
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