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Officials hunt for person in UK with Brazil variant of Covid-19
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Health officials in Britain are hunting for a person in the UK who is infected with a worrying Brazil variant of Covid-19 in a bid to stop it spreading into the wider community.
Dr Susan Hopkins, strategic response director at Public Health England (PHE), said the person was thought to have been tested on 12 or 13 February, possibly via a home postal test or a test collected from a local authority.
She said the individual may not have completed their form completely online, or may have thought they did, and may not have got their results. "We are looking at where the test may have been sent from and to, working with the postal services and the courier services," she told BBC Radio 4's Today programme, adding that the public appeal was a
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