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Scientists are tracking the emergence of another new coronavirus variant as efforts to increase targeted testing and suppress the spread of variants of concern are expanded. Public Health England (PHE) revealed that 16 cases of the variant, referred to as VUI-202102/04, were identified through genomic horizon scanning on February 15. The variant, which is understood to have originated in the UK, was designated a “variant under investigation”.