Door-to-door testing for parts of south as South African Covid strain detected DOOR-TO-DOOR testing is being rolled out in parts of the south after residents test positive for the South African strain of Covid. Two people in Surrey have tested positive for the South African variant of coronavirus, despite having no links to travel or previous cases of the strain, Surrey County Council said, while less than 20 cases have been reported in Hertfordshire. Surrey Local Resilience Forum (SLRF), along with Public Health England and the Department of Health and Social Care, will carry out “surge testing”, in which some residents will be visited and requested to take a PCR test regardless of symptoms.
Covid tests carried out door-to-door as South African mutant strain spreads across UK
Coronavirus teams will carry out urgent tests in parts of Surrey after it emerged that the South African strain of the virus - which has been worrying scientists - may have started spreading
13:57, 1 FEB 2021
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»Britain Detects South African Variant in People With No Travel Links, Surge Testing Rolled Out in Surrey
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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.
Urgent Covid testing underway in parts of England as South African variant found. (PA) Door-to-door coronavirus testing has begun in parts of England, after cases of the South African variant of Covid-19 were found unexpectedly. Two cases of the variant were discovered in Surrey, and urgent testing is also taking place in London, Kent, Hertfordshire and Walsall, in the West Midlands. So far, 105 cases of the strain have been identified to date across the UK, but this is the first signal of wider community spread. There is currently no evidence that the variant causes more severe illness. The infected individuals had no known links to travel or previous cases, and were identified after random checks on tests by Public Health England.
Urgent Covid testing underway in parts of England as South African variant found. (PA) Door-to-door coronavirus testing has begun in parts of England, after cases of the South African variant of Covid-19 were found unexpectedly. Two cases of the variant were discovered in Surrey, and urgent testing is also taking place in London, Kent, Hertfordshire and Walsall, in the West Midlands. So far, 105 cases of the strain have been identified to date across the UK, but this is the first signal of wider community spread. There is currently no evidence that the variant causes more severe illness. The infected individuals had no known links to travel or previous cases, and were identified after random checks on tests by Public Health England.