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First case of ANOTHER UK covid variant – that has a mutation that may weaken vaccines – is discovered in the US, CDC director reveals The US has discovered its first case of the ‘Bristol variant’ that emerged in the UK Variant has same mutations as the UK’s earlier B117 variant that make it 70% … Read more
Melbourne and the state of Victoria are entering a five-day lockdown meaning fans will be barred from much of the Australian Open after a cluster of 13 coronavirus cases linked to the feared UK variant. The outbreak has been blamed on infections leaking out from an Australian quarantine hotel – days before Britain brings in a … Read more
Coronavirus strain found in Bristol that is similar to South African virus is listed as a ‘variant of concern’ and has been spotted 21 times across the UK New Bristol variant adds to confusion of virus types circulating in Britain It is characterised by key mutations from Kent and South Africa variants in one This … Read more
Melbourne hotel quarantine worker is confirmed to have highly-contagious UK strain of Covid – forcing over 100 of her close contacts into isolation Melbourne hotel quarantine worker has contracted the UK strain of Covid-19 Tested positive after shift on Sunday at the Holiday Inn at Melbourne Airport Those forced into isolation include 12 ADF workers … Read more
Thousands more people in Manchester will be tested for coronavirus after four new cases of the Kent variant were detected there. Some 10,000 extra tests will be rolled out in the region from Tuesday, after four people from two unconnected households were found to be infected with the mutation, Manchester City Council has said. This … Read more
The troublesome Brazilian variant of coronavirus will inevitably end up in Britain, scientists have warned amid fears it could make vaccines less effective. Cases of the mutant strain — which shares a mutation with the South African variant — have already been spotted in France, Italy, the Netherlands and the Faroe Islands. Health ministries in … Read more
The troublesome Brazilian variant of coronavirus will inevitably end up in Britain, scientists have warned amid fears it could make vaccines less effective. Cases of the mutant strain — which shares a mutation with the South African variant — have already been spotted in France, Italy, the Netherlands and the Faroe Islands. Health ministries in … Read more
People living in the eight areas of the UK hit by the South African strain of Covid said today they will ignore the government’s advice to stay home if they run out of food. Residents said they will defy Universities Minister Michelle Donelan’s orders to stay indoors and they would be prepared to go out … Read more
A BBC worker winced as she plunged a swab to the back of her throat while being tested for the new strain South African strain of coronavirus. Carol Hall, from Ealing, West London, was one of the first of around 350,000 people in eight postcodes around the UK to be tested for the mutant strain … Read more
WHERE IS DOOR-TO-DOOR TESTING BEING OFFERED? London W7: Hanwell N17: Tottenham CR4: Mitcham West Midlands WS2: Walsall East of England EN10: Broxbourne South East ME15: Maidstone GU21: Woking North West PR9: Southport Residents in areas hit by the new South African strain of coronavirus have shared their fears it will ‘mess everything up’. Door-to-door coronavirus … Read more