The Brazil Covid variant has now been detected in the UK and is causing growing concern.
This variant was first detected in Brazil in December and has seen a mass transfer of Covid-19 patients out of Manaus, the Amazon s largest city, as it struggles with a shortage of oxygen tanks.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said he is very concerned about a new variant of coronavirus which has been identified in Brazil.
He told the Liaison Committee this week the Government is “taking steps” to ensure the new strain is not imported into the UK.
He said: “Well we are and we re putting in extra measures to ensure that people coming from Brazil are checked and indeed stopping people coming from Brazil.
| UPDATED: 07:18, Mon, Jan 18, 2021
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The East African
Wednesday January 13 2021
Scientists warn that distinct variants of the coronavirus, entirely different from those detected in the United Kingdom and South Africa, could be circulating in Kenya. PHOTO | FILE | NMG
Summary
Kenya’s cases of Covid-19 have been on a lower trajectory, with less than 100 cases reported over the last one week.
However, health experts warn that this may just be a calm before another storm.
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Scientists at the Kenya Medical Research Institute (Kemri) have warned that a distinct variant of the coronavirus, entirely different from those detected in the United Kingdom and South Africa, could be circulating in the country.