Chief Medical Officer Professor Chris Whitty delivering Downing Street press briefing

The video provides an overview of COVID-19 trends in the UK, highlighting a steady decrease in positive cases, hospitalizations, and mortality rates. It also discusses the emergence and growth of the COVID-19 variant 1617.2, first detected in India, which is showing exponential growth compared to the B117 variant. The video emphasizes the increased transmissibility of the 1617.2 variant, as confirmed by Sage and various modeling groups.

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