Door to door testing is to begin for the South Africa variant of Covid-19 Urgent door-to-door testing for the South Africa variant is to start in parts of England, including London, after untraceable cases of coronavirus have been found. Residents in a part of Surrey are to be the first to be urgently tested for Covid-19 after it emerged the South African strain of the virus may have started spreading in the community. The surge testing has been announced as a precautionary measure and will monitor the community spread of the new varient. A total of 105 cases of the South Africa variant have been found to date in the UK, but this is the first sign of wider community spread.
Latest graph shows impact of Covid-19 lockdown in Nottinghamshire as infection rate drops
But the county s hospitals are still busier than they ever have been
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Staff members pictured at work at the vaccination centre at King s Mill hospital (Image: Joseph Raynor/ Nottingham Post)
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Boris Johnson insisted the coronavirus lockdown is working and vaccines are effective on current variants
The PM warned that it is still too early to take our foot off the throat of the beast by easing curbs at this stage
He said he was optimistic Britons will be able to go on summer holidays this year but did not give schedule
Two cases of South African strain not linked to travel found in Surrey with surge testing scheme under way
Dr Mike Tildesley said vaccination rollout could mean lockdown starting to be eased sometime next month
Urgent appeal for missing Lincoln man
Police think he’s still in Lincoln
Police are appealing for help to find a missing 44-year-old man from Lincoln.
Andrew Arden, 44, has been missing since Wednesday and is believed to still be in the Lincoln area.
Officers have described their appeal as urgent and are pleading for the public’s help to find Andrew.
If you know of his whereabouts or have any information that may help track him down, call 101 and quote reference 303 of January 27.
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