Britanniassa siirretään Freedom daytä kuukaudella nousevien tartuntojen takia

Siellä todella mietitään kannattaako nyt avata Intian variantin laajan leviämisen takia ja koska tässäkin kohtaa edelleen asian voi sössiä.

Näin siis vaikka siellä on huomattavasti enemmän rokotettu kuin meillä

Freedom Day WILL be delayed another FOUR WEEKS to July 19 as scientists warn Covid threat has 'gone up a gear'

Boris Johnson is preparing to push Freedom Day back to July 19 as scientists warned the Covid threat has 'gone up a gear' today.

The PM is understood to be planning to announce a four-week delay to the unlocking roadmap at a press conference on Monday as the Indian - or Delta - variant causes havoc.

In a glimmer of hope, he is expected to say that the situation could be reviewed again in a fortnight if hospitalisations stay low.

Ministers are scanning the latest data this weekend ahead of the final decision. But the backlash from Tory MPs and the public could be limited as long as the timetable does not slip beyond the school holidays. A poll today suggested that just a third of the public want the total lifting of restrictions to go ahead as originally laid out.

Professor Peter Openshaw, a member of the government's Nervtag advisory group, said the emergence of an 'even more successful' variant of the disease was 'such a disappointing setback'. It seems to be around 60 per cent more transmissible than the Kent - or Alpha - strain.

'It really has gone up another gear and that means that we really have to double down and not lose all the advantage that has been gained by the massive effort that has been put in so far,' he told BBC Radio 4's Today programme.