India Covid variant found in UK specimens taken in February
by Nicola Davis Science correspondent from Science | The Guardian on (#5GNWG)
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The first of the 77 cases of the India variant of coronavirus found in the UK were detected in specimens dating back to February, the Guardian has learned.
On Thursday Public Health England (PHE) revealed that 77 cases of a variant first detected in India, called B1617, had been found in the UK, with 73 cases in England and four in Scotland.
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