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Johnson’s Plan to Open U.K. Economy Gets Boost From Vaccine Data

  • Report shows two jabs are effective against new variants
  • Government plans to lift virus restrictions on June 21

Boris Johnson

Photographer: Neil Hall/EPA/Bloomberg

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Boris Johnson’s plan to unlock the U.K. economy appears on track after data showing Covid vaccines are effective against a worrying variant boosted the government’s confidence in its proposed roadmap.

The success of the nation’s vaccine program, which has now seen over 60 million jabs given out, is a key plank of the government’s goal to fully remove restrictions by June 21.