Don't miss a thing by getting the day's biggest stories sent direct to your inbox Boris Johnson addressed the nation this evening as concerns over the Indian variant of coronavirus mount.
The Prime Minister led a Downing Street press conference outlining the UK's response after it emerged the variant has been linked to four deaths.
Most significantly, he announced that second doses of the vaccine will be accelerated to eight weeks among the over-50s and clinically vulnerable.
Until now, those who have received the first dose of a coronavirus vaccine had to wait twelve weeks before being able to attend for their second dose.
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