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UK finds missing case of Brazil variant – PerthNow
UK officials say they have found a person infected with a variant of COVID-19 first identified in northern Brazil.
English health authorities have tracked down a previously-unidentified person who tested positive for a variant of COVID-19 first identified in northern Brazil, saying there are no signs the person has spread the virus.
Health officials had said on Sunday they had not been able to account for one of six cases in the country of the highly transmissible Brazil variant, known as P1.
“We’ve successfully identified the person in question,” health minister Matt Hancock told a news conference on Friday.
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