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U.K.’s Johnson Urged to Accelerate Vaccines in Hotspots
- Surge in cases among young people in Bolton, northwest England
- Mayor Burnham: India Covid-19 variant could get out of control
Pedestrians in Bolton town centre, northwest England.
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Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s government faces growing demands to urgently accelerate the vaccine rollout in U.K. Covid-19 hotspots to prevent the virus getting out of control again.
Andy Burnham, the Labour mayor of Greater Manchester, has asked the government for permission to vaccinate all people over the age of 16 in Bolton, a town in northwest England that has seen a surge in cases among younger people in the last two weeks.