Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Friday Britain would accelerate its COVID-19 vaccination programme, to try to contain a fast-spreading variant first identified in India that could knock a re-opening of the economy off track.

The B.1.617.2 variant first found in India will over time surpass the so-called "Kent" variant and become dominant in the United Kingdom, ...

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said the government would accelerate its COVID-19 vaccination programme, to try to contain a fast-spreading variant first identified in India that could knock a reopening of the economy off track.