Britain’s Health Secretary Matt Hancock gives a media interview as he leaves the BBC in central London on May 16, 2021, after appearing on the BBC political programme The Andrew Marr Show.The British government on Sunday pushed back against criticism it was too slow to impose travel restrictions on India as a coronavirus variant identified in the subcontinent spreads in the UK.
He explained that India was placed under strict travel restrictions in April before the variant, known as B1.617.2, was under investigation. “We take these decisions based on the evidence,” he said over the visit which was eventually scrapped because of surging COVID cases in India.
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