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Covid: Surge testing in Wandsworth and Lambeth after South African variant cluster found - BBC News

Covid: Surge testing in Wandsworth and Lambeth after South African variant cluster found - BBC News

Covid: Surge testing in Wandsworth and Lambeth after South African variant cluster found - BBC News
Apr 12, 2021 57 secs

A "significant" cluster of the South African Covid-19 variant has been found in two areas of south London where surge testing has been implemented.

Wandsworth and Lambeth will see additional testing after 44 confirmed and 30 probable cases were identified.

The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) called it the "largest surge testing operation to date".

People aged 11 and over who live, work or travel through the affected areas are being urged to take a Covid-19 polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test, as well as using twice-weekly rapid testing.

The first case was found in early March and the DHSC said the testing operation was aimed at suppressing any possible new cases of the variant.

Surge testing was previously carried out in three postcode areas of Lambeth in February after a case of the South African variant was discovered.

In March, intensive testing was put in place in three areas of Wandsworth borough following a small number of cases?

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