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13.05.2021 - 16:31 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
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People 18 and over in three wards in Blackburn are being urged to book an appointment for a Pfizer coronavirus vaccine online after the India variant was found in three wards.
The call comes after the B.1.617.2 strain of the virus, often called the Indian variant, was found in Shear Brow and Corporation Park, Billinge and Beardwood and Bastwell and Daisyfield.
Blackburn has the UK's third highest
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Covid Recovery said there were "encouraging signs" that the virus was under control across the country. Speaking on the BBC 's Good Morning Scotland show, the SNP MSP revealed the vaccine is working against the strains currently in circulation.
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appropriate " to push on with the easing of lockdown tomorrow despite warnings from scientists and medics. The Tory minister warned the highly transmissible variant could " spread like wildfire among the unvaccinated groups" as he urged people to come forward for jabs when eligible.