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These cases are related to cop but these cases are related to cop but the contact tracing is ongoing so no can i stand here and give you 100% guarantee that is not the case. i think if you consider the timelines of cop it is not impossible but it is perhaps also not probable that there are connections to cop, i think it ended on the 12th of november. had we had this variant circulating undetected in scotland from back then, i think our surveillance efforts right now may be showing more cases and more widespread muted transmission so thatis widespread muted transmission so that is not a definit...

Additional testing, opposite will be a focus on pcr testing because it a quicker way to try to identify the new variant through this s gene dropout which is not conclusive of the new variant but highly indicative of it. initially there will be testing of close contacts with cases who are being asked to isolate but depending on the contact tracing, that testing will go further into networks of the cases but also in some cases the geographic areas that cases are being identified in but that is always the case, local public health themes are best placed to decide exactly on a tactical and targete...

>> i have a really quick one for you. i know we talk about the changes in possible vaccines based on these new variants. does it impact testing at all? or is the testing standard regardless of the variants? >> lucky enough, our current pcr testing picks up this variant. there is a specific gene that drops out that you can see on pcr. so that's the good news, ayman. there's more good news than bad news here. >> certainly good news, hopefully we can do better with the testing, we still don't have at-home, rapid, reliable tests. dr. kavita patel, very good to see you as always. >> thank you. st...

Trace or a surveillance program. i don't know if we have enough time to do that because we have so many people and we're dealing with so many dynamic factors, unvaccinated people and polarize is about this being a political variant for the convenience of i don't know who and at the same time trying to deal with the other threats, biological and otherwise, that we're -- we haven't been paying attention to, influenza and others. it would be nice to see it go a step further to rein enforce the high quality pcr testing that we seem to have shortages of and combining that with rapid tests that coul...

Protections that are in place. thank you to everybody for doing all of these things and for what i know everybody will be seeking to do in the weeks ahead. i will move now to questions. i am sure there will be a number of questions today about both the new variant generally but the situation in particular and viable call on the chief medical officer to answer many of these questions, you will be able to give a bit more information on what you know about the variant but also of course the surveillance exercise and way right now in scotland. i will go first to katie hunterfrom now in scotland. i...