Surge testing deployed in NEW areas of London to halt spread of SA variant

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Surge Covid tests deployed in NEW areas of London to halt spread of South African variant

but they will be sent to the lab to be sequenced to identify any more cases of the particular strand in the area., is feared to be at least 50 per cent more contagious, with hundreds more undetected cases thought to be in the country.

Andrew Hayward, professor of infectious disease epidemiology at University College London and a member of SAGE, said: "This variant is identified through genetic sequencing and we sequence between five per cent and 10 per cent of all cases, so you can immediately tell from that that we have a big under-estimation of the number of cases.

There is not yet any evidence to suggest that symptoms differ from the three Covid-19 symptoms already highlighted by the NHS. The three main coronavirus symptoms are a new persistent cough, a high temperature and a loss of taste and smell .Sun Travel Editor Lisa Minot tries new drive-through Covid test at London's Brent Cross shopping centre

 

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What a waste of time/money

Oh great and mps were happy for people to protest in London over the weekend

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