Another offshoot of the Delta variant is spreading in Britain, Covid-tracking experts revealed today — as the virus’ other concerning subvariant continues to spread.
The new sub-strain, called AY.43, has already been spotted 8,138 times in England, according to the latest data from one of the country’s largest surveillance centres.
It makes up around one in 24 cases in the country after first being detected in mid-July and has grown consistently ever since.
Scientists today insisted there was ‘no need’