PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Coronavirus (2 February 2021)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, on what date his Department first became aware that a case of the South African variant of covid-19 had been identified in London W7, as confirmed by his Department on 1 February 2021.
Asked by:
James Murray (Labour)
Asked by:
James Murray (Labour)
Answer
Public Health England discovered a cluster linked to this variant in early December. The Department was notified on 11 December.
Answered by:
Ms Nadine Dorries (Conservative)
10 February 2021
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