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and joy in china as 11 gold miners who d been trapped underground for two weeks are rescued. good afternoon. the health secretary has said 77 cases of the south african variant of coronavirus have been found here in the uk, but they can all be linked to international travel and there is no evidence it is spreading in the community. matt hancock also said we are a long way from covid restrictions being eased as scientists warn vaccinated people may still be able to pass the virus on. the uk has recorded a further 30,004 daily covid infections. that s down from more than 33 and a half thousand yesterday. there have also been a further 610 daily covid deaths that s people who ve died within 28 days of a positive test. that figure was at 1,348 yesterday. more than 6.3 million people in the uk have now received their first dose of the coronavirus vaccine, an increase in the past 24 hours of nearly 492,000. 0ur science editor david shukman reports. all kinds of surprising ....