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32 cases of latest Covid variant of concern found in UK

B1525 has been detected in 10 countries including Denmark, US and Australia

Another coronavirus variant of concern has been detected in the UK and should be targeted in surge testing, experts have said.

The variant, known as B1525, is the subject of a report by researchers at the University of Edinburgh, who say it has been detected through genome sequencing in 10 countries including Denmark, the US and Australia, with 32 cases found in the UK so far. The earliest sequences were dated to December and cropped up in the UK and Nigeria.

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