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Cases of UK’s highly contagious mutant COVID strain detected in returned travellers in Australia
New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian says returned travellers carrying a mutated form of the COVID-19 virus have been detected in Australia, however, the new strain has not featured in the Northern Beaches outbreak.
Key points:
- Ms Berejiklian said “a couple” returned travellers carried the new COVID-19 variant
- She said the strain featured in the state’s Avalon cluster did not have mutations
- A WHO official said overnight just one case had been detected in Australia
The coronavirus mutation has spread rapidly in south-east England, leading several European nations to ban travellers from the United Kingdom.
Asked about the new strain today at a press conference, Ms Berejiklian said two returned travellers from the UK who tested positive to…
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