Brazil Covid variant: New strain detected in UK and could`ve been spreading ‘for some time`
(World News Brazil)

A SCIENTIST who revealed a Brazilian strain of Covid has already been detected in the UK has now said the variant picked up here is not the one "of concern". Prof Wendy Barclay from Imperial College London said there are "two different types of Brazilian variant and one of them has been detected and one of them has not". ⚠️ Read our coronavirus live blog for the latest news & updates 7 7 She later clarified it is not thought to be the 'super Brazilian strain' that was identified in travellers in Japan - prompting fears here. Boris Johnson revealed earlier this week that experts are investigating the new 'super mutation' from the South American...