Public health chief reassures residents after case of Indian variant found at school HAMPSHIRE County Council has reassured residents after a case of the Indian variant of Covid-19 was found at a primary school in Winchester. St Bede, in Gordon Road, was notified by Public Health England of a single positive case of the variant at the school. Those who had been in close contact with the person who tested positive were asked to self-isolate and were offered testing. Now, the county council, who is charge of public health for Hampshire, has tried to reassure people about the variant and the case in Winchester.