UK Covid: second vaccine doses accelerated as Indian variant threatens easing – as it happened

Latest updates: prime minister announcesacceleration of vaccination programme as Indian variantthreatens June lockdown easingIndia variant could seriously disrupt lifting of lockdown, says PMUK to allow ‘surge vaccination’ in Covid hotspots hit by Indian variantAnalysis: India variant could lead to serious third wave of Covid in UKWhat can England do to combat the Indian Covid variant?7.09pmBSTThat ’s it from the UK blog team, thanks for following our coverage.You can follow our global coronavirus blog here -Related:Coronavirus live: second pandemic year to be deadlier than first, warns WHO; Germany to mark UK as risk area7.07pmBSTContinue reading...

Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - May 14, 2021 Category: Science Authors: Nadeem Badshah (now); Mattha Busby and Rachel Hall (earlier) Tags: Coronavirus UK news Politics Vaccines and immunisation Boris Johnson House of Commons NHS Infectious diseases Medical research Source Type: news