LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has called senior ministers to an unscheduled meeting on Friday evening to discuss how to contain a new variant of the coronavirus, The Telegraph newspaper reported.
An emergency toughening of COVID-19 restrictions could be announced as soon as Saturday, the newspaper said.
No one was immediately available for comment in the prime minister’s office.
(Reporting by Aakriti Bhalla in Bengaluru; Writing by William Schomberg; Editing by Chris Reese)