UK’s Johnson summons ministers over new COVID-19 variant -The Telegraph

LONDON (Reuters) -British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has identified as senior ministers to an unscheduled assembly on Friday evening to go over how to incorporate a new, more virulent variant of the coronavirus, The Telegraph newspaper reported.

An unexpected emergency toughening of COVID-19 limits could be announced as before long as Saturday, potentially which includes limitations on vacation amongst the southeast of England, which includes London, and the rest of the region, the newspaper claimed.

A spokesman for the prime minister claimed he was not able to remark on the report quickly.

Britain’s authorities on Monday explained a rise in new bacterial infections could possibly be partly connected to the new variant as it moved its capital metropolis and other regions into the best tier of COVID-19 limits.

The Telegraph also claimed on Friday that government officers envisioned the AstraZeneca-Oxford College COVID-19 vaccine would clear regulatory acceptance on Dec. 28 or 29, serving to to speed up the vaccination campaign.

Johnson claimed on Friday he hoped that England would not want to go into a 3rd lockdown immediately after Xmas.