London Covid: Expert explains how mystery person with Brazil coronavirus variant was found in Croydon
A team of 40 people tracked down the mystery person using a single bar code
Further precautionary testing will now be carried out in Croydon (Image: Hollie Adams/Getty Images)
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A mystery sixth person infected with a new Brazil coronavirus “variant of concern” has been found in Croydon, the health The post 'Missing' sixth case of Brazil Covid mutation found in Croydon appeared first on CityAM.
How UK tracked down mystery person with Brazilian variant
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Tom Pilgrim, PA
A team of 40 people, armed with just a single bar code and limited test data, spent days using “dogged determination” to track down the mystery person infected with the Manaus coronavirus variant.
Data analytic experts and laboratory and logistic resources were drafted in to help identify the individual who tested positive for the variant of concern, with the team narrowing in on them among thousands of potential households.
Three cases of the P1 variant, first identified in the Brazilian city of Manaus, were detected in England on February 26.