The Netherlands is extending coronavirus restrictions until 9 February as infections are still high and the government is "very concerned" about the new variant of the disease first detected in the UK, Prime Minister Mark Rutte said today.
Public Health England is to step up its surveillance of a highly transmissible variant of coronavirus that arrived in the UK after fuelling a surge in the number of cases in South Africa. The new variant was detected in the UK shortly before Christmas when health authorities tested two people who became infected following contact with separate travellers from the country. Scientists are particularly concerned about the South African variant,.
Experts in Japan are working to isolate and analyse a new variant of the coronavirus detected in four people who arrived from Brazil, according to the health ministry in Tokyo.
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