UK Government ‘Anxious’ About Indian COVID-19 Variant: Boris Johnson

Prime Minister Boris Johnson visits Cleves Cross primary school in Ferryhill, northeast England, on May 13, 2021. Scott Heppell - WPA Pool/Getty Images

The British government is “anxious” about the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus variant that was first detected in India, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Thursday.

Asked how worried Britons should be by the spread of the mutant virus, Johnson said, “It is a variant of concern, we are anxious about it, it has been spreading.”