On Thursday, Boris Johnson said, "It now clearly the will of the parliamentary Conservative party that there should be a new leader of the party and therefore, a new Prime Minister."
The citation of honour noted, "He was knighted for services to literature in 2007. He is also a storied author of non-fiction, an essayist, co-editor, and a noted humanist."
"Please send us your prayers. We are excited to walk together for the journey ahead", she added. The couple has now been flooded with the wishes that pour in from across the globe.
The Prime Minister addressed the country from Downing Street on Monday night during which he said that the UK is at a pivotal stage in its fight against the rapidly spreading infections.
The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has on Saturday put out the news and said that India has successfully isolated and cultured the COVID-19 variant.
The United Kingdom has emerged as the epicenter of the new Coronavirus variant and several countries are seriously concerned about the spread amid celebrating the New Year.
The Central government said that all the close contacts of these six persons have been put under quarantine and comprehensive contact tracing has been initiated for co-travelers, family contacts, and others.
The UK and several other European countries are witnessing the second wave of COVID-19 through the emergence of the mutant with Britain being the epicenter.
The British Government has admitted the widespread of the mutant and issued a warning that the potent new strain of the virus is getting out of control in the country.