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Nicola Sturgeon announces new case of mutant Brazil strain of Covid found in Scotland

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coronavirus strain in Scotland. The person travelled from Rio de Janeiro to Edinburgh via Paris on February 19 and has tested positive for covid-19 with with initial lab findings suggesting it may be the Brazil variant.

It comes after three oil workers from the north-east were found to have the strain. A total of six cases of the P1 variant were discovered in the UK last month - with three occurring amongst a team of workers who flew into Aberdeen Airport.The latest case is separate to the three cases identified in February.

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