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Hancock urges ‘humility’ in face of virus as Indian variant soars

Matt Hancock has said that the UK can still move into the third stage out of lockdown but that we ‘must remain vigilant’
Matt Hancock has said that the UK can still move into the third stage out of lockdown but that we ‘must remain vigilant’ Photo: Hollie Adams/Getty Images

Health secretary Matt Hancock has urged the country to remain "humble in the face of this virus" as latest figures show cases of the Indian variant of Covid-19 spiking in parts of the UK.

Speaking in the House of Commons on 17 May, Hancock said that while the UK can still move into the third stage of its path out of lockdown, we "must remain vigilant" given the incidence of the new strain of the virus.

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