Tag: variant

Press release: Surge testing to be deployed in areas within Middlesbrough, Walsall, and Hampshire in connection to new variant
Working in partnership with the local authorities, additional surge testing and genomic sequencing is being deployed to targeted areas within […]

Press release: Surge testing to be deployed in areas within Middlesbrough, Walsall, and Hampshire in connection to new variant
Working in partnership with the local authorities, additional surge testing and genomic sequencing is being deployed to targeted areas within […]

Press release: Surge testing to be deployed in areas around Lambeth in connection to new variant
Working in partnership with the local authority, additional surge testing and genomic sequencing is being deployed to targeted areas within […]

Press release: Vaccine rollout and variant mitigation
Earlier this week, we saw one of the greatest milestones in our fightback against this virus, as the number of […]

Press release: Surge testing to be deployed to monitor and suppress spread of COVID-19 variant
This will support existing extensive testing already in place, and monitor and suppress the spread of the variant Postcodes affected […]

Press release: Government Chief Scientific Adviser, Sir Patrick Vallance on the new variant of COVID-19 in the UK
Commenting on the new variant of COVID-19 in the UK the Governments Chief Scientific Adviser, Sir Patrick Vallance, said: The […]
Research and analysis: NERVTAG paper on COVID-19 variant of concern B.1.1.7
Some preliminary analyses have been undertaken which show that there may be an increase in the severity of disease associated […]

Confirmed cases of COVID-19 variant from South Africa identified in UK
The 2 cases were identified in the UK on 22 December 2020 and both have been in contact with someone […]

Guidance: Investigation of novel SARS-COV-2 variant: Variant of Concern 202012/01
Technical briefing document on novel SARS-COV-2 variant. Source link

COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2): information about the new virus variant
Main points Data from Whole Genome Sequencing, epidemiology and modelling suggest the new variant ‘VUI – 202012/01’ (the first Variant […]