SAGE experts tried to get No10 to close borders WEEKS ago over South African variant
Minutes from a SAGE meeting on January 21 revealed how it urged the government to close Britain s borders
They also warned geographical travel bans would not work in preventing the spread of South African variant
News comes as it was revealed that officials will go door to door to test people in eight areas in England
Officials will take swabs in Woking, Walsall, as well as parts of London, Kent, Hertfordshire and Lancashire
Public Health England has already spotted 105 cases of the B.1.351 variant, as it is known, across the country
Boris Johnson facing questions as quarantine hotel system not expected to be running for another two weeks
Minutes from a SAGE meeting on January 21 revealed how it urged the government to close Britain s borders
They also warned geographical travel bans would not work in preventing the spread of South African variant
News comes as it was revealed that officials will go door to door to test people in eight areas in England
Officials will go door to door to test 80,000 people in eight areas of England where mutant strain was found
Officials will take swabs in Woking, Walsall, as well as parts of London, Kent, Hertfordshire and Lancashire
Door-to-door testing to begin in Kent to investigate new COVID South African strain
The testing will begin tomorrow
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Thank you for subscribingWe have more newslettersShow meSee ourprivacy notice Households in ME15 will be subject to door-to-door coronavirus testing from tomorrow (February 2).
Kent County Council confirmed that households in the Maidstone postcode will be tested after a specific variant of coronavirus was detected.
| UPDATED: 11:07, Tue, Feb 2, 2021
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Urgent testing for the South African mutated variant of the virus has begun in parts of England after a number of cases were found with no known links to travel or previous cases. Two Covid variant cases were identified in Surrey, with some previous cases traced back to South Africa. Cases caused by the variant were identified as part of Public Health England’s random checks on testing.
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