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A third case of the Omicron Covid variant has been confirmed in Britain, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has said. Officials said the case was detected in a person who visited London but has since left the country. UKHSA confirmed the individual had links to travel in southern Africa and had since been in the central London borough of Westminster. Dr Jenny Harries, the UKHSA chief executive, acknowledged it is “very likely” that further cases of omicron, which is feared to spread rapidly and may evade existing vaccines to a degree, will be discovered in the coming days. On...
