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Further targeted areas will have additional testing made available to control and suppress the potential spread of the COVID-19 variant first identified in South Africa.
Surge testing begins in Stockton after discovery of South African variant
The South African covid variant was discovered in the town on Thursday
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Thousands of extra coronavirus tests are being rolled out across Stockton after a mutation of the South African variant was discovered in the town.