Government sets out new action to tackle B1.617.2 variant

Government sets out new action to tackle B1.617.2 variant The government has outlined new decisive actions to halt the spread of the B1.617.2 variant of concern first identified in India.

Following extensive COVID-19 surveillance, which has rapidly detected cases of the B1.617.2 variant first identified in India, additional surge testing, tracing and isolation support measures are being deployed at pace across Bedford, Burnley, Hounslow, Kirklees, Leicester and North Tyneside. Department of Health and Social Care

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• Everyone in the United Kingdom with symptoms now eligible for coronavirus tests Department of Health and Social Care
• NHS invites people aged 34 and 35 for life-saving COVID-19 jab NHS England
• Research: COVID-19 variants: genomically confirmed case numbers Public Health England
• Weekly national flu and COVID-19 surveillance reports published Public Health England