Health
UK PM calls meeting over new COVID strain – The West Australian
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has reportedly called an unscheduled meeting of top ministers to discuss a new, more virulent variant of COVID-19.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has called senior ministers to an unscheduled meeting to discuss how to contain a new, more virulent variant of the coronavirus, The Telegraph newspaper reports.
An emergency toughening of COVID-19 restrictions could be announced as soon as Saturday, possibly including restrictions on travel between the southeast of England, including London, and the rest of the country, the newspaper said.
A spokesman for the prime minister said he was unable to comment on the…
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