London, May 22, 2021 – Very high attention in Great Britain on Indian variant of Covid. Carpet testing in the western districts of London after the increase in cases linked to the overseas mutation (3,424 cases in the last week, two thousand more than last week). Health authorities have asked all residents, or those who work, in specific areas of the neighborhoods of Harrow, Ealing, Hillingdon and Brent to carry out a molecular test even in the absence of symptoms. Contacts of people positive to the variant are traced B1617.2 who will also have to remain in isolation. The cases of the variant are concentrated in the North West of the country and in London.
The variants in the sewer system
And in the hunt for Covid variants, the British authorities also rely onsewer water analysis. The test system now covers two-thirds of England’s population, the London government announced today. Sewerage analysis has been used in several countries for track the spread of the virus. In England, variants are also sought, especially the Indian one. The Department of Health and Social Care (Dhsc) explains that the program has already served for alert on the situation in Bristol and Luton. A dedicated laboratory was opened in Exeter last month to analyze samples from 500 locations in the UK.
The idea is to use this system also in the future to monitor the spread of other influenza viruses. “As infections wane and we move towards the end of restrictions, analyzing wastewater for variants can help authorities take swift action” with human testing and infection tracking “to prevent variants from spreading to communities.” explains Andrew Engeli, project manager at the Joint Biosecurity Center. The scheme, he explained to the BBC, “has successfully identified the presence of Covid in communities of 14 thousand people where only one or two people had tested positive” and perhaps many were asymptomatic. The analysis of sewage can also be limited to prisons or factories.
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Germany bans entry from Great Britain
The German Institute of Public Health has designated the United Kingdom as an alert area due to the variants of the coronavirus, in particular the Indian one, and from tomorrow those who will travel from England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland to Germany will be able to enter the German territory only if they are German citizens or have residence in the country. Exception for children under 18 and wives of German residents or citizens, but only if the family travels with the holders of the right of access. Exception also for urgent humanitarian reasons. Anyone entering Germany from the UK will still have to undergo one 14-day quaranatena even with a negative test. Passengers in transit will be able to travel on German airports without leaving the dedicated areas of the airports.
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