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Test and Trace error fuelled Indian variant’s spread in hotspot Blackburn

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Failures in the Government’s Test and Trace programme helped fuel the spread of the Indian Covid variant in Blackburn with Darwen, a report has claimed.  The centralised system failed to notify contact tracers in the Lancashire authority of 164 positive cases in late April and early May.   At that point the mutant B.1.617.2 strain was just … Read more

Test and Trace error fuelled Indian variant’s spread in hotspot Blackburn

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Failures in the Government’s Test and Trace programme helped fuel the spread of the Indian Covid variant in Blackburn with Darwen, a report has claimed.  The centralised system failed to notify contact tracers in the Lancashire authority of 164 positive cases in late April and early May.   At that point the mutant B.1.617.2 strain was just … Read more

Covid-19 UK: Wembley Stadium could be opened up as a vaccination hub to stop Indian variant spread

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Wembley Stadium could be used as a vaccine hub to fight against the Indian Covid variant, it was claimed today. Health officials are in talks about opening up England’s national football stadium in north London, as well as Stamford Bridge in Chelsea. Ministers hope the scheme could help stop the spread of the mutant B.1.617.2 … Read more

Number of Brits getting ill with Covid has risen by 65% in a week amid spread of Indian variant

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Britain’s coronavirus cases have risen by 65 per cent in a week amid the rapid spread of the Indian variant, a symptom-tracking app warned today. The King’s College London study estimated 2,800 Britons were being infected with the virus every day last week, up from 1,686 in the previous seven-day spell. But one of the … Read more

SAGE experts ‘will hold emergency meeting over the spread of the Indian variant in UK’

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An urgent meeting will be held by experts at the Government’s Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies committee today in order to discuss the spread of India’s Covid variant – which is now dominant in four local authorities in England. Scientists at SAGE will examine the spread of the mutant B.1.617.2 virus which is thought to be behind … Read more

SAGE experts ‘will hold emergency meeting over the spread of the Indian variant in UK’

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An urgent meeting will be held by experts at the Government’s Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies committee today in order to discuss the spread of India’s Covid variant – which is now dominant in four local authorities in England. Scientists at SAGE will examine the spread of the mutant B.1.617.2 virus which is thought to be behind … Read more

Britain’s cases rise week-on-week for seventh day in row amid spread of Indian variant

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Real name: B.1.617 — now divided into B.1.617.1, B.1.617.2 and B.1.617.3 When and where was it discovered?  The variant was first reported by the Indian government in February 2021 but the first cases appear to date back to October 2020.  Its presence in the UK was first announced by Public Health England on April 15. There … Read more

Coronavirus UK: Could spread of Indian variant jeapordise plans to ease lockdown?

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India’s Covid variant is now dominant in four local authorities in England and its rapid spread could jeapordise plans to ease lockdown, experts fear. Analysis by one of the UK’s biggest variant trackers warns the strain is focused in hotspots Bolton and neighbour Blackburn with Darwen, where outbreaks have exploded with numbers of positive tests … Read more

Coronavirus UK: Could spread of Indian variant jeapordise plans to ease lockdown?

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India’s Covid variant is now dominant in four local authorities in England and its rapid spread could jeapordise plans to ease lockdown, experts fear. Analysis by one of the UK’s biggest variant trackers warns the strain is focused in hotspots Bolton and neighbour Blackburn with Darwen, where outbreaks have exploded with numbers of positive tests … Read more