Covid live: Matt Hancock says ‘high degree of confidence’ vaccines work against Indian variant, but urges caution

UK health secretary says England will not make decision on further unlocking scheduled for 21 June until a week before

• Johnson must think again on plans to relax Covid rules'

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In England, people should ignore Monday's easing of lockdown and avoid socialising indoors in pubs and restaurants to prevent the new Covid-19 variant first detected in India sparking a third wave of the disease, health experts say.

A former government chief scientific adviser, a leading public health specialist and the union representing Britain's doctors are urging the public to stick to meeting outdoors to reduce the risk of catching or spreading the variant.

Related: Ignore lockdown easing to curb Indian Covid variant, health experts urge

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That's all from me for today - I'll be handing over to my colleague Helen Sullivan shortly. Thanks for reading along.