BORIS Johnson on Thursday hinted he could delay lockdown lifting as he vowed to "rule nothing out" to combat the spread of the highly infectious Indian Covid variant.

The PM admitted ministers were "very anxious" about the strain - which could be up to 60 per cent more transmissible than the Kent strain.

Sounding a note of caution on a trip to Durham, he said: "There is a range of things we could do, we are ruling nothing out."

He said he was optimistic he could ease restrictions on Monday as planned, and hoped to be able to continue with the June 21 freedoms.

But he also refused to close down speculation that local lockdowns could return in virus hotbeds such as Bolton.

Surge testing and tracing in areas where the variant is rife will continue, he added.

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