News on Sunday 28 February that Britain’s mammoth vaccination roll-out has now seen over 20 million people receive their first dose was overshadowed by the revelation that the Brazilian variant of the coronavirus has been discovered in the UK – a mutation that has been labelled a “variant of concern”.
Six cases of the Brazilian mutation, which may be more contagious and resistant to vaccines, have so far been identified in the UK; with three being found in Scotland, and the other three traced in England.
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