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World-renowned epidemiologist Professor Salim Abdool Karim raised concern over the United Kingdom's lack of restrictions in response to Covid-19, the global health crisis.
He cautioned that it was likely to trigger the next variant, which had the ability to spread faster than any other variant.
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