WATCH — One week after his leaked text message, UK Health Minister

WATCH — One week after his leaked text message, UK Health Minister Matt Hancock spreads fear on national television as he "deploys the new variant" and "frightens the pants out of everyone."

"The new variant is out of control... It's important for everybody to act like they might have the virus... The cases, as you've seen from the graphs, have absolutely rocketed in the last few days... Given how much faster this new variant spreads, it will be very difficult to keep it under control until we have the vaccine rolled out."