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Young people queue for vaccines amid rise in Indian variant of coronavirus
- Published_at:2021-05-15
- Category:News & Politics
- Channel:Evening Standard
- tags: london evening standard news newspaper standard uk Covid coronavirus Covid-19 Vaccine Pandemic Lockdown Variant India vaccine indian variant latest indian variant news Boris Johnson British PM UK Politics Indian variant news queue vaccine queue press conference downing street lockdown June lockdown Sefton Merseyside Formby
- description: A vaccine centre has had queues around the block after it was announced all over-20s would be given a jab. The centre at Hirshman’s Chemist in Sefton, Merseyside, is near Formby, which has seen a rise in coronavirus cases with the Indian variant detected. Boris Johnson has warned that plans to end lockdown restrictions next month are in jeopardy as scientists feared the Indian coronavirus variant could be 50% more transmissible than the Kent strain. The Prime Minister told a Downing Street press conference that England will face “hard choices” if the Indian variant of concern turned out to be much more transmissible than others. Chief medical officer Professor Chris Whitty said that would mean “a really significant surge” in infections, as he predicted the variant could become the most dominant strain across the UK. Mr Johnson said he will press ahead with plans to lift restrictions on Monday, permitting people to mix indoors as well as allowing physical contact to return between households for the first time in over a year. Read more: https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/covid-latest-indian-variant-second-doses-accelerated-possible-lockdown-lifting-delay-b935278.html Subscribe to the Evening Standard on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7RQon_YwCnp_LbPtEwW65w?sub_confirmation=1
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