South African variant of Covid found in eight areas of England
by Robert Booth Social affairs correspondent from Science | The Guardian on (#5DK8X)
Door-to-door testing launched as cases found in Hertfordshire, Surrey, Kent, Walsall, Sefton and three London boroughs
The South African variant of coronavirus has been discovered in eight different areas of England where people had no clear travel links to South Africa, sparking a a two-week sprint to test everyone" in the affected postcodes, the Guardian has learned.
Door-to-door testing is being launched after cases of the mutation were found in Hertfordshire, Surrey, Kent, Walsall, Sefton and in the London boroughs of Merton, Haringey and Ealing.
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