Having just watched him say it in Parliament. That quote is exactly what he said. He did however also add further details that focused research is now ongoing to establish exactly if this variant is a problem or not in regards to the vaccine efficacy.

The main problem with the mass-Media is that they are so keen to a) publish a click-bait headline, and b) keep the word count to a minimum so as not to scare off their illiterate readers, that the actual truth of news gets lost or diluted... to the extent that the articles no longer form any function other than to generate clicks.