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Up to six cases of Manaus, Brazil variant of coronavirus detected in Britain – Sydney Morning Herald
Susan Hopkins, PHE’s strategic response director for COVID-19, said Britain’s advanced gene sequencing capabilities meant it was finding more variants and mutations…
The Scottish cases were not linked to the ones in England.
The P.1 variant detected in Manaus shares some mutations with a variant first identified in South Africa and it is possible that it might respond less well to current vaccines, but more work is needed to understand this, PHE said.
A worker tests a COVID-19 sample in Portsmouth, England. Credit:Getty
Susan Hopkins, PHEs strategic response director for COVID-19, said Britains advanced gene sequencing capabilities meant it was finding more…
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