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12.19pm GMT
Supermarkets, shops and workplaces in Wales are to be compelled to carry out a specific coronavirus assessment under new legislation being brought amid concerns that some businesses are not taking restrictions seriously enough.
The Welsh government said on Friday the risk assessments would be the “starting point” for implementing measures required to minimise exposure to Covid-19 in places open to the public and workplaces.
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12.18pm GMT
Prof Wendy Barclay, G2P-UK lead and head of department of infectious disease and chair in influenza virology at Imperial College London, said the Brazilian variant detected in the UK is not the one causing the concern.
She explained:
The new Brazilian variant of concern, that was picked up in travellers going to Japan, has NOT been detected in the UK. Other variants that may have originated from Brazil have been previously found.
Continue reading…Latest updates: Wales unveils new measures; scientist says Brazilian variant of concern not the one found in UK; regulator refuses permission for rapid tests to be used in schools Wales to introduce new risk assessments for shops and workplacesRegulator refuses to approve mass daily testing at English schoolsTesting times: how UK government fell short, again and againUK bans arrivals from South America over Brazilian variantGlobal coronavirus updates – live 12.19pm GMTSupermarkets, shops and workplaces in Wales are to be compelled to carry out a specific coronavirus assessment under new legislation being brought amid concerns that some businesses are not taking restrictions seriously enough.The Welsh government said on Friday the risk assessments would be the “starting point” for implementing measures required to minimise exposure to Covid-19 in places open to the public and workplaces. Related: Wales to introduce new Covid risk assessments for shops and workplaces 12.18pm GMTProf Wendy Barclay, G2P-UK lead and head of department of infectious disease and chair in influenza virology at Imperial College London, said the Brazilian variant detected in the UK is not the one causing the concern.She explained:The new Brazilian variant of concern, that was picked up in travellers going to Japan, has NOT been detected in the UK. Other variants that may have originated from Brazil have been previously found. Continue reading…