Lincolnshire Police Chief Constable Chris Haward. | Photo: Steve Smailes for The Lincolnite
Lincolnshire Police will tackle only “extreme breaches” of COVID-19 restrictions amid the tier 4 threat and coronavirus mutation.
Chris Haward, the new Chief Constable for Lincolnshire Police said the force “will only really be enforcing those extreme breaches where people are flagrantly breaking the rules and the guidance.”
This comes as at least two samples of a new, more infectious, variant of coronavirus have been taken in Lincolnshire, according to a new study.
The force will continue to follow the four E’s: engage, explain, encourage and enforce in dealing with the challenges of coronavirus, but will take a firm stance if needed.
THE mutant strain of coronavirus blamed for a surge in cases across south east England has been identified near Braintree, scientists say. Experts say the strain - known as VUI-202012/01 - is 70 per cent more transmissible and fear it is now present in most parts of the UK. But Braintree is one of 57 areas in the UK which has had confirmed cases with the new strain, the Covid-19 Genomics UK Consortium (COG-UK) monitoring group have said. It is the only place in Essex where the strain has been confirmed. Braintree has seen a huge rise in cases since the start of December and is now close to recording 1,000 Covid-19 cases a week.
New mutant strain of coronavirus found in Staffordshire
It is understood to be 70 per cent more transmittable
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The new mutant strain of coronavirus has been detected close to Stafford , scientists have confirmed.
The Staffordshire town is one of 57 areas across the country where the new mutant strain has been found.
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The U.S. leads the world in coronavirus cases but ranks 43rd in sequencing to check for variants
Harry Stevens and Miriam Berger, The Washington Post
Dec. 23, 2020
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The United States has the most coronavirus cases in the world - but in sequencing cases to check for genetic changes, it lags at an astoundingly low rate.
Of the more than 18 million cases officially reported in the United States, just 51,212, or 0.3 percent, have been genetically analyzed for variants, according to the latest data from the GISAID Initiative, which provides a global database of coronavirus genomes. Worldwide, the United States ranks 43rd in percentage of cases sequenced among countries with more than 100 infections.