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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he was anxious about the spread of a Covid-19 variant from India and ruled no measures out as statistics showed cases more than doubled in the past week.
“We are anxious about it, it has been spreading,” Mr Johnson said on Thursday, referring to the B16172 variant. “There’s a range of things we could do. We’re ruling nothing out.”
Cases of the new strain have risen to 1,313 from 520 over the past week, Public Health England said.
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Authorities are carrying out surge testing in places such as Bolton, in north-west England, where cases have been detected, and parts of London, the authority said.