It comes after official data revealed almost half of all cases in London are now down to the Indian variants. Professor Sharon Peacock, who heads up the UK's variant tracking, (right) said there was no evidence the Indian variants caused more severe disease compared to the Kent variant. Professor Ravi Gupta, a microbiologist at Cambridge University, claimed that early laboratory analysis suggests vaccines will still protect against severe disease from the three Indian variants. Cases of the three genetically similar Indian variants, particularly B.1.617.2, have risen rapidly since it was first spotted in the UK last month. There is currently no evidence that the Belgian-made jab is less effective against either of the three Indian variants.

Source: Daily Mail May 10, 2021 15:31 UTC