England's missing case of the Brazilian coronavirus variant is someone from one of 379 households in the South East who took a home swab test in mid-February, Matt Hancock confirmed today. They are one of six people who have tested positive for the troublesome Brazilian P1 variant, with two others near Bristol and three in Scotland. She said she did not believe the discovery of the Brazilian P1 variant in the UK would ruin the vaccine roll-out or lockdown plans. 'Certainly at the moment there are some similarities between the P.1 Brazil variant and the B.1351 South African variant. In total, Public Health England has identified only six UK cases of the concerning so-called P1 variant – three in England and three in Scotland.

Source: Daily Mail March 02, 2021 13:47 UTC