The UK’s Variant and Mutant Taskforce has warned Health Secretary Matt Hancock Covid variants from France, Germany and the US have been imported to the UK. Please subscribe HERE http://bit.ly/1rbfUog
A report from Public Health England, exclusively seen by Newsnight, has warned that Covid variants from abroad - including Ireland, France, Germany and the US - are being imported to the UK.
Could these variants reduce vaccine efficacy?
And how could this affect the UK’s roadmap out of lockdown?
Newsnight’s Policy Editor Lewis Goodall reports.
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A report from Public Health England, exclusively seen by Newsnight, has warned that Covid variants from abroad - including Ireland, France, Germany and the US - are being imported to the UK.
Could these variants reduce vaccine efficacy?
And how could this affect the UK’s roadmap out of lockdown?
Newsnight’s Policy Editor Lewis Goodall reports.
#Newsnight #BBCNews
Newsnight is the BBC's flagship news and current affairs TV programme - with analysis, debate, exclusives, and robust interviews.
Website: https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsnight
Twitter: https://twitter.com/BBCNewsnight
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