Boris Johnson's trip to India should go ahead later this month, a Cabinet Minister said today - despite George Eustice, the Environment Secretary said the high infection rates in India doesn't mean there should be "no visits at all." India today reported 2,61,500 new cases of coronavirus and 1,501 deaths - the country's worst ever daily spike.
And Public Health England this week said it was investigating 77 cases of the Indian variant of the virus in the UK. Mr Eustice told Sky's Sophy Ridge on Sunday: ""Public health does come first but that doesn't mean that there should be no visits at all for business purposes." Mr Eustice said "for something like this, I think yes it is appropriate", adding: "But absolutely measures will be taken to