PHE spots FOUR more cases of Brazil Covid variant in South Gloucestershire and Yorkshire and spots ANOTHER mutant strain ‘from Antigua’ in the South East
Four more cases of the Brazilian coronavirus variant have been spotted in the UK, Public Health England revealed today.
The strain, known as P.1, was picked up in three patients in South Gloucestershire who were all close contacts or family members of two existing cases in the area.
Another person tested positive for the variant in Bradford, West Yorkshire, after returning from Brazil via Paris on February 14.
Contact tracing teams have followed up close contacts of the individual and advised them to isolate and get a test.
The latest cases bring the total number of P.1 variant cases in the UK to ten – seven in England and three in Scotland.
All of the patient have links to travel or to a previously confirmed case that has travelled to Brazil.
Four more cases of the Brazilian coronavirus variant have been spotted in the UK, Public Health England revealed today