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Hancock: Almost 3,000 cases of Indian variant as UK

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Hancock: Almost 3,000 cases of Indian variant as UK

Hancock: Almost 3,000 cases of Indian variant as UK

Almost 3,000 cases of the Indian coronavirus variant of concern have been identified, an increase of 600 since Monday.Health Secretary Matt Hancock told MPs that surge testing and extra vaccine supplies were being deployed in a series of areas to control the spread of the highly-transmissible strain.


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