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Britain Detects South African Variant in People With No Travel Links, Surge Testing Rolled Out in Surrey
A woman holding umbrella crosses a street at the Bank Junction, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in London, Britain, January 5, 2021. (Image: Reuters)
Residents in parts of Surrey, to the south west of London, will now be tested whether they are showing any symptoms or not, the local authority said.
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Two people in southern England have tested positive for the South African variant of the coronavirus without having any links to people who have travelled recently, prompting surge testing to contain the outbreak.
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LONDON (Reuters) - Eleven people in different regions of England have tested positive for the South African coronavirus variant without having any links to people who have travelled, prompting mass testing in the areas to contain the outbreak.
A public health information message is seen at a bus stop in West Ealing as the South African variant of the novel coronavirus is reported in parts of the United Kingdom amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), London, Britain, February 1, 2021. REUTERS/Toby Melville
Britain, with the world’s fifth-highest COVID-19 death toll, has moved to tighten its borders out of concern that new variants of the virus will undermine its vaccination drive.
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UK detects South African COVID-19 variant in people with no travel links
A public health information message is seen at a bus stop in West Ealing as the South African variant of the novel coronavirus is reported in parts of the United Kingdom amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), London, Britain, February 1, 2021. REUTERS/Toby Melville 5 related media assets (image or videos) available. Click to see the gallery.
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LONDON: Eleven people in different regions of England have tested positive for the South African coronavirus variant without having any links to people who have travelled, prompting mass testing in the areas to contain the outbreak.
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Published: 01 Feb 2021 08:32 PM BdST
Updated: 01 Feb 2021 08:32 PM BdST People shop at market stalls, with skyscrapers of the CIty of London financial district seen behind, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in London, Britain, Jan 15, 2021. REUTERS
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The government said on Monday the cases were now self-isolating and robust contact tracing had taken place to trace their contacts and ask them to self-isolate.
Residents in eight postcodes - three in London; two in the south east and one in the West Midlands, east of England, and the North West - would now be tested for the new coronavirus whether they are showing any symptoms or not under what is known as surge testing it said.
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