Up to three cases of highly transmissible variant have been found in England and a further three in Scotland
Public Health England is searching for an individual thought to be infected with the highly transmissible Brazilian variant of coronavirus, after up to three cases were found in England and a further three in Scotland.
The P1 variant, also known as the B1128 variant, shares some of the same mutations as the highly transmissible South African variant, such as E484K and N501Y, and overall has more than 20 changes, deletions, mutations and insertions in its genome. It was first identified in Manaus, Brazil.
