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77 known cases of South African variant in UK

Mr Hancock told the BBC's Andrew Marr there are 77 known cases of the COVID variant, first found in South Africa, in the UK.

These are all under close observation, and are connected with travel to and from the country.

Meanwhile, nine cases of the variant first found in Brazil in the UK.

There has been no community transmission of any of these cases (that we know of)