Potential Covid variants are entering the UK unchecked as the rate of positive tests being genome

Omicron than others.... Delta is estimated to make up 97 per cent of cases that are sequenced in the

A new test to pick up the omicron Covid variant without needing to send it for full sequencing is

complexity of this variant, it would take time for the whole genome sequencing to be known.“ I

through genomic sequencing by Universiti Malaysia Sarawak's Institute of Health and Community

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A THIRD case of the Omicron Covid variant has been identified in the UK. The person tested positive

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Why not, instead, sample a random group of arrivals rather than require everyone to pay for tests