The more contagious Covid-19 variant known as P.1 has hit New York, according to Governor Andrew Cuomo. The patient affected is a Brooklyn resident in their 90s with no history of travel.
Hunt for missing patient with Brazil Covid variant - could it be you?
01.03.2021 - 13:48 / dailyrecord.co.uk
Brazil Covid-19 strain.Six cases of the concerning P.1 variant were confirmed in the UK over the weekend - three in Scotland and three in England.Health officials have identified five of the cases but are urgently scrambling to find the sixth as their identity and location is unknown.The infected individual failed to complete their test registration card so their contact details are absent sparking a a hunt to track them down, according to Public Health England.No vaccine data currently exists
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15.03.2021 / 21:54
Cops searching river in hunt for missing Scots pensioner last seen on Friday
Police say they are “very concerned” for the welfare of a missing Scots pensioner who vanished on Friday.Joyce Kirkland, 72, was last seen around 10pm on March 12 in a house on Rankine Place, Buchanan Street, Kirkcudbright in Dumfries and Galloway.At 4.30am on Saturday March 13 she was reported missing to police.Joyce is described as around 5ft 6in tall, medium build with grey shoulder length hair.
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06.03.2021 / 22:57
'No evidence of mutant Brazil covid strain spreading in Scotland' after three oil workers tested positive for bug
coronavirus strain after three Scots oil workers tested positive.Jeane Freeman said there is currently no evidence that the mutant bug has been transmitted within the community after extensive contact tracing took place.A total of six cases of the P1 variant were discovered in the UK last month - with three occurring amongst a team of workers who flew into Aberdeen Airport.The trio, who are employed by oil services firm Bureau Veritas, fell ill with the bug after working in Brazil and
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05.03.2021 / 20:22
Mystery person with Brazilian Covid variant found after major search
direct to your inboxThe missing person who tested positive for a coronavirus 'variant of concern', first identified in Manaus, Brazil, has reportedly been found.Health officials were hunting for the unknown individual after six cases of the P1 variant were detected in England and Scotland towards the end of last week.One of the six cases could not be tracked because a form filled in on their arrival in the country had missing details.The missing individual has now been found after a five-day
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05.03.2021 / 00:03
New covid variant found in UK after 16 cases spark investigation
Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.Scientists have identified 16 cases of a new coronavirus variant in the UK, Public Health England (PHE) has announced.Cases of the variant, referred to as VUI-202102/04, were first identified on February 15 through genomic horizon scanning.PHE said on Thursday that all individuals who tested positive and their contacts have been traced and advised to isolate.The variant, which is understood to have
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04.03.2021 / 08:13
Oil firm defends bringing Brazilian Covid variant with them on flight to Scotland
Covid variant.They all tested positive for coronavirus after flying into Aberdeen Airport.Yesterday Health Secretary Jeane Freeman confirmed that 34 people on the flight with three Scots infected with the new Brazilian variant remain ‘unaccounted for’.
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03.03.2021 / 16:51
'No evidence' of Brazil coronavirus variant community spread in Scotland
coronavirus variant identified in three cases in Scotland.Scotland's chief medical officer said there is 'nothing to suggest' it has escaped into local communities after it was revealed three of the six cases of the new variant were identified north of the border.
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01.03.2021 / 21:37
Brazil variant being tracked “very closely” after first UK cases identified
the new Brazilian P1 coronavirus variant, she told the Downing Street briefing, led by health secretary Matt Hancock.
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01.03.2021 / 16:50
What is the Brazilian variant and are scientists concerned about it?
direct to your inboxThe first six coronavirus cases involving the Brazilian 'variant of concern' have been found in the UK.Public Health England has identified three cases of the variant, which was first detected in the Brazilian city of Manaus in January, in England and three in Scotland.Three cases are Scottish residents who flew to Aberdeen from Brazil via Paris and London, who all tested positive while self-isolating.Two cases in England are from the same household in South Gloucestershire