NHS England data show that Lambeth, where 23 people, of whom seven had been vaccinated, were infected with the South African Covid variant, has England s lowest vaccine uptake among carers.
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Coronavirus surge testing is spreading across an expanding area of London as more cases of the highly-contagious South Africa variant are found. Four London boroughs are now offering surge testing as a response to finding cases of South African mutation, and for the first time the mutation has skipped further afield than the next borough. The South Africa variant is feared because it is highly contagious and appears to be successful, to some extent, in beating vaccine protections notably the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine. More than half a million people have been offered tests in the four boroughs – Wandsworth, Lambeth, Southwark and Barnet - where the total population is 1.37 million.
Surge testing is set to begin in the N3 postcode of Barnet after the South African variant of Covid-19 was detected. Barnet Council has said on its website that testing for the variant will start from Thursday, April 15 after a single case was identified. The council said: The South African variant of Covid-19 has been found in Barnet. From Thursday 15 April we will start testing people for this variant in specific postcode areas affected in N3 or those who shop on the local high street. It said teams of officials will go door-to-door in areas in the N3 postcode to deliver PCR test kits, and a mobile testing unit will be set up in the car park of Finchley Central Station.
Thousands queue for surge covid testing after South African variant found
Council said the testing operation is a mammoth task
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Thousands of residents have queued to take coronavirus tests at additional facilities set up after new cases of the South African variant were found in boroughs across London.
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