Environment Secretary George Eustice says there is nothing to say the variant is more contagious - but it will be watched.
But Mr Eustice said he had faith in the UK's scientists.
He told Sophy Ridge:"We've got some of the best genomic studies available in this country, we are very good at genome sequencing for different variants and that work is ongoing."However, he did point to a"wider concern". "The biggest threat to everything we're doing at the moment is that at some point there will be a variant that manages to evade the vaccine or largely evade it, so it is high on our concerns which is why while the vaccine rollout has been incredibly successful with over 60% of the adult population now vaccinated, we continue to proceed with some caution as we come out of lockdown," he said.
The record number of daily cases - 200,739 - took India's total past 14m, second only to the United States.
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