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London: Testing and tracing teams are being deployed to doorsteps across Britain to try to squash community transmission of nearly a dozen cases of COVID-19 caused by the South African coronavirus variant.
Health Secretary Matt Hancock said they had discovered 11 cases of the variant, that could not be linked to travel, in five different locations across England - in the East, West Midland, South East and North West as well as in London. More than 150 cases attributed to the variant have been identified to date.
People walk past a closed brach of Topshop next to a bus stop coronavirus information sign on Oxford Street in London.
UK Finds ‘Mutations of Concern’ in Bristol and Liverpool: Health Secretary
British health authorities have identified 43 cases of CCP virus “mutations of concern” in Bristol and Liverpool, Health Secretary Matt Hancock said on Tuesday.
He told Parliament that 11 cases of “mutations of concern” had been identified in Bristol, and 32 cases in Liverpool.
In response, the government has expanded its ongoing door-to-door testing programme, initially intended to identify cases of the variant first identified in South Africa, to these two areas, he said in an oral statement. British Health Secretary Matt Hancock speaks during a press briefing at Downing Street in London, on Feb. 1, 2021. (Chris J Ratcliffe/Getty Images)
2021-02-02 21:37:27 GMT2021-02-03 05:37:27(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
A man collects a swab for a coronavirus test at a temporary COVID-19 testing facility set up in Ealing, a district in western London, Britain, on Feb. 2, 2021. The British government will extend mass testing as more coronavirus "mutations of concern" were found in parts of the country, British Health Secretary Matt Hancock said Tuesday. Around 80,000 people live in the eight areas in England, including Surrey, London and Kent, have been targeted for the urgent testing. (Photo by Ray Tang/Xinhua)
LONDON, Feb. 2 (Xinhua) The British government will extend mass testing as more coronavirus mutations of concern were found in parts of the country, British Health Secretary Matt Hancock said Tuesday.