Prognosis
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.