Matt Hancock told MPs that the aim of community testing for the South African variant – currently targeting around 80,000 people in eight postcode areas – was to “stop its spread altogether”.He said: “As with the variant first identified here in the UK there is currently no evidence to suggest it is any more severe but we have to come down on it hard."
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Health secretary Matt Hancock gives a coronavirus press briefing as the UK reports 12.2 million people have been vaccinated, with another 333 deaths in the past 24 hours. Earlier, South Africa..
Matt Hancock has told the House of Commons that the aim of the UK is to “come down hard” on the South African variant of coronavirus, and to "stop its spread altogether". The health secretary also..
Health Secretary Matt Hancock told a Downing Street press conference that while there is no evidence the South Africa strain of Covid-19 is more deadly, “we need to come down on it hard”.
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