Covid-19: Brazil variant surge testing extended
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Surge testing in five postcode areas is to be extended for a further week.
Seven sites where people without symptoms can pick up and drop off Covid-19 tests were set up in South Gloucestershire this week.
It follows the discovery of two cases of the Brazilian variant of Covid-19 in one household in the area.
The scheme has been extended until March 14 to maximise the opportunity for those living in, working in or visiting the area to be tested.
South Gloucestershire Council said the uptake of the testing programme had so far been very good with 3,806 people attending the mobile testing units in Stoke Gifford and Patchway.
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Six cases of Brazilian mutant strain of coronavirus have been detected in England and Scotland, officials said
Three people flying into Aberdeen from Brazil via Paris and London tested positive for the contagious variant
Two cases detected in England came from a household in South Gloucestershire, Public Health England said
But health officials admitted that the sixth case has not been located and could be anywhere in the nation