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Southport covid surge testing expanded after second South African case detected
Thousands more to be tested as council tries to clamp down on variant spread
An NHS Test and Trace worker directs a car at a drive through testing centre in Southport (Image: Peter Byrne/PA Wire)
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Two more Merseyside areas added to new variant testing
More areas are being told to get tested for the South African strain
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Resident Ollie Cowan receives a Covid test kit from one the door to door mass testing staff, in Southport, Merseyside, as neighbours in the PR9 postcode area try to combat the spread of the new South African Covid variant.
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