New ‘Delta plus’ Covid variant that’s ‘more transmissible’ detected in UK
Delta Plus has been found in nine other countries - USA, India, Portugal, Switzerland, Japan, Poland, Nepal, Russia and China.
Dr Andrew Lee, Covid Incident Director at Public Health England, said: "PHE has had additional control measures in place for weeks where cases of Delta variant with K417N are detected including enhanced contact tracing, rapid testing and isolation. "We are continuing investigations to better understand the significance of K417N in addition to Delta.
The Prime Minister's official spokesman added PHE had already put extra measures in place where the variant had been detected including "enhanced contact tracing, testing, and isolation"
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