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LONDON, May 14 ― Britain will adapt its vaccine rollout to protect people more quickly in areas where a coronavirus variant first detected in India has emerged, the vaccine minister said today. The UK has delivered one of the fastest inoculation campaigns in the world, giving a first shot to...

People wait to receive a vaccine against the coronavirus disease in the Winding Wheel Theatre, Chesterfield, Britain February 3, 2021. — Reuters picLONDON, May 14 ― Britain will adapt its vaccine rollout to protect people more quickly in areas where a coronavirus variant first detected in India has emerged, the vaccine minister said today.

As a result, Prime Minister Boris Johnson has set out what he describes as a “cautious but irreversible” route out of lockdown for England, with the next step planned for next week. He has warned, however, that new variants, such as the B.1.617.2 found in India, could derail that. Vaccines minister Nadhim Zahawi said in areas where the new variant had emerged, the government would step up enhanced testing, whereby all residents of an area are asked to get a PCR test given that virus variants are circulating in the community, with authorities seeking to assess how widespread they are.

In addition, the tweaked plan could narrow the gap between the time someone takes the first and second dose of the Pfizer shot.

 

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