Indian COVID-19 Variant ‘Out-Competing’ Kent Variant: UK Expert

Medical staff wait for Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines to be drawn up at the Hexham Mart Vaccination Centre in Hexham, England, on May 13, 2021. Ian Forsyth/Getty Images

A CCP virus variant first detected in India has been “out-competing” the Kent variant in some areas in the UK, a British medical expert has said.

Paul Hunter, professor in medicine at the University of East Anglia, said the Indian COVID-19 variant of concern “clearly has been out-competing” the Kent variant, also known as the UK variant, in a number of areas around the UK.