Surging cases lead to renewed calls for pause of lockdown easing
later this month as the Delta variant of coronavirus continues to spread. The Indian-origin strain is now dominant in the UK.announced it was deploying surge testing in Canterbury, Bradford and MaidstoneMatt Hancock, the health secretary, said on Friday that the government always expected cases to rise as lockdown was eased, and that the data was being watched “very carefully”.
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