Sign up Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy noticeSurge testing is being rolled out in more postcodes after more cases of the South Africa Covid-19 variant were detected. New cases of the mutant strain have been found in London, resulting in targeted testing in three areas of the capitalThe postcodes are SE5 in Southwark and HA2 and HA3 in Harrow. More than 300 cases of the South Africa variant have been found in the UK so far. The Department of Health said in a statement: “Further targeted areas will have additional testing made available to control and suppress the potential spread of the Covid-19 variant first identified in South Africa. The numbers came as the World Health Organisation (WHO), Downing Street and British experts sought to reassure people about the safety of the Oxford University/AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine.

Source: Daily Mirror March 15, 2021 13:41 UTC