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Government seeks to increase quarantine checks on travellers to England
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Government seeks to increase quarantine checks on travellers to England
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Latest update
Public Health England (PHE) has identified 38 cases of COVID-19 which genomic sequencing has shown to feature a specific set of mutations which are currently being referred to as lineage B.1.525. The set of mutations includes the E484K spike protein mutation, which is present on a number of other variants of concern and variants under investigation.
This variant has been designated a Variant Under Investigation (VUI) and will be referred to as VUI202102/03.
The variant has been detected in other countries, including Nigeria, Denmark and Canada.
Cases are geographically dispersed across England. Enhanced contact tracing and genomic sequencing is underway to monitor the situation as it develops.
MIL-OSI United Kingdom: Confirmed cases of COVID-19 variants identified in UK
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Today a pop up testing site opened at Worcester Sixways. We asked the Worcestershire County Council some questions about the new variant and this is what they said:
Why should people in WR3 and WR9 areas not request postal testing kits? Any COVID-19 test will test you for COVID-19. Within the WR3 and parts of the WR9 postcode areas, we are testing for the South African variant. This means that along with looking for positive Covid-19 results, we also want the tests to be sequenced for the new variant. To do this, we need all swabs which test positive, to go to reference laboratories to test for the variant. This is a complex test and takes 7-10 days to do. You do not need to order a postal test online, as these will not be marked for testing for the variant. We will be supplying home test kits for you to use, which will be marked for variant testing.