UK to speed up vaccinations, warns variant from India may delay full reopening

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LONDON: Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Friday (May 14) Britain would accelerate its COVID-19 vaccination programme, to try to contain a ...

He said the government would accelerate remaining second doses to the over 50s and those clinically vulnerable to just eight weeks after the first dose, and would prioritise first doses for those eligible who had not yet come forward.

Johnson had aimed to lift all restrictions on Jun 21, after allowing people in England from Monday to hug again, meet in small groups indoors and travel abroad. Whitty said so far there had not been a significant increase in hospitalisations from the variant, which may be because more people had been vaccinated.

Britain put India on a travel"red list" in April, meaning all arrivals from India - now suffering the world's worst wave of COVID-19 - would have to pay to quarantine in a government-approved hotel for 10 days.

 

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If UK thought vaccinations done and can reopen economy , they have to think again . Esp if they had no restrict entry to High Risk Infection countries earlier

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