A CCP virus variant first detected in India is likely to be 50 percent more transmissible than the COVID-19 strain that is currently dominant in the UK, British medical experts have warned. The Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE), a panel of experts who advise the UK government, said it is “highly likely” that the Indian variant of concern, known as B.1.617.2, is more transmissible than the UK variant, which was first detected in Kent and is now dominant in the UK. “It is a realistic possibility that it is as much as 50 percent more transmissible,” the experts claimed, according to minutes released on Friday from their meeting a day earlier. Professor Anthony Harnden, deputy chair of the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI), said current COVID-19 vaccines could be less effective at reducing transmission of the Indian variant. “The vaccines may be less effective against mild disease but …