15 April 2021 | International
VARIANT WOES: A large queue of people lined up waiting to be tested in Brockwell Park, Lambeth. PHOTO: Getty Images
BBC
LONDON
The outbreak of the Covid-19 variant in south London appears to have been triggered by an individual who travelled from Africa in February, according to documents seen by the BBC.
Surge testing has begun in Wandsworth and Lambeth after 44 confirmed and 30 probable cases were identified.
The country involved was not on the red list for mandatory hotel quarantine at that time, but it is now.
The government said strong measures were in place to find new cases.