Updated On: 21 June, 2021 07:59 AM IST | London | Agencies
British govt advisory scientist says third wave in England is definitely underway

Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson (left) chats with teachers and students in the Arts and Design area during a visit to Kirklees College Springfield Sixth Form Centre in Dewsbury, northern England. Pic/AFP
A new wave of Coronavirus infections is “definitely underway” in England due to the Delta variant first identified in India, a British government advisory scientist said on Saturday.
“The race is firmly on between the vaccine programme and the Delta variant third wave,” said Professor Adam Finn, a member of the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI), Xinhua news agency reported.