Surge testing spreads to chase down South African variant cases in London
SHARE Coronavirus surge testing is spreading across an expanding area of London as more cases of the highly-contagious South Africa variant are found. Four London boroughs are now offering surge testing as a response to finding cases of South African mutation, and for the first time the mutation has skipped further afield than the next borough. The South Africa variant is feared because it is highly contagious and appears to be successful, to some extent, in beating vaccine protections notably the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine. More than half a million people have been offered tests in the four ...
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