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The army will be deployed in parts of northern England to help with surge testing efforts to combat the Indian variant, the Prime Minister has said. There will also be “targeted new activity” in Bolton and Blackburn to accelerate the vaccine rollout, Boris Johnson said. Surge testing is under way in the region where cases involving the Indian variant of coronavirus are on the increase. The latest data on the India variant shows the number of cases in the UK has risen from 520 last week to 1,313 this week. The “variant of concern” has been detected in Bolton, Greater Manchester, as well as in Blackburn, Lancashire, and Sefton in Merseyside, which have all seen rates rise rapidly.
Urgent : Public health experts in Blackburn and Bolton have called for a surge in vaccination to deal with high infection rates PUBLIC health experts have called for a surge in vaccinations to help deal with high infection rates.
Bolton, along with Blackburn with Darwen, currently has one of the highest rates of infections in the country, with prime minister Boris Johnson confirming yesterday that although the government is not yet planning further lockdowns, the army will be deployed to help with testing. In response, Professor Donna Hall, chair of Bolton Clinical Commissioning Group, has said that there is now an urgent need for a surge in vaccinations.
Experts warn vaccines are almost certainly less effective at reducing transmission of Indian variant while BMA urges utmost caution with easing of lockdown as Boris sends Army into Covid hotspots amid warnings of 1,000 deaths a day by summer
PM announced last night that Britain will press ahead with plans for indoor drinking and dining from Monday
But government scientists revealed that variant could realistically be 50% more infectious than Kent strain
Prime Minister has pledged to throw everything we have at this task and is set to send the Army into hotspots
JCVI s Dr Anthony Harnden said Britain s vaccine rollout may not stop the virus infecting the vulnerable