UK government opening floodgates to Covid variants, MPs warn
by Nicola Davis Science correspondent from on (#5MH0W)
Cross-party group says proportion of positive tests analysed for variants among red list arrivals has plunged
The government is opening the floodgates" to new versions of Covid, a cross-party group of MPs has warned, after revealing a steep decline in the proportion of positive tests veing analysed for variants among people arriving from red list countries.
The analysis of NHS test and trace data was carried out by the House of Commons library, commissioned by the chair of the all-party parliamentary group (APPG) on coronavirus, Layla Moran.
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