Prognosis
U.K.’s Johnson Still Confident of Reopening Despite Variant Rise
- Number of U.K. cases of India variant more than double in week
- Premier says still on course to reopen economy on June 21
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U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he remains confident that England’s lockdown will end on June 21 as planned, despite the rapid rise in cases of a variant first detected in India.
Authorities have found 3,424 cases of the B1.617.2 variant in the U.K., up from 1,313 last week. Public Health England also announced late on Thursday it was investigating a separate variant with an “unusual mutation profile,” with 49 cases logged so far.