A sixth person in the UK who tested positive for a Brazilian coronavirus "variant of concern" has been found.
The COVID-19 variant, first seen in the city of Manaus, is thought to spread more rapidly than the original virus and to be more capable of evading existing vaccines.
In total, six cases of the P1 coronavirus variant have been confirmed - three in England and three in Scotland.
We need to stop people coming in to our country.
Couldn’t have been that difficult - just needed to spot someone doing a Samba around Croydon
Why are people travelling from Brazil to this country?? We should be refusing to accept any flights from the countries that have this problem. I fail to understand x
I wonder how many people he’s infected in between finding him?
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