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If India variant starts a third wave, England’s Covid rules may have to stay
Analysis: hopes of restrictions ending on 21 June are dwindling as highly transmissible variant spreads
Heralded as “freedom day”, 21 June has been a date circled in the diary by businesses, families and communities alike – a moment when coronavirus restrictions in England are expected to finally end, hopefully in a blaze of summer sunshine.
But new data has revealed that the variant of concern first detected in India, known as B.1.617.2, has continued to spread across England, with samples containing the variant now found from Cornwall to Canterbury, Bury to Bromley.
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