UK Steps To Open Up Impacted By Spread Of India-Dominant Variant

Britain, one of the worst-hit countries in the world with over 1,27,000 deaths, has also seen a rapid deployment of vaccines.

Britain is confident that existing vaccines will provide protection from a more transmissible variant dominant in India now spreading across the country, Heath Secretary Matt Hancock said on Sunday. And hours later, he was able to announce that the country had passed the milestone of 20 million adults vaccinated with two doses of the coronavirus jab. The news came just before England, Scotland and Wales are set to unlock parts of their economy on Monday. But further steps to open up the country again have been put in doubt by the variant dominant in India.