Health Secretary Matt #Hancock updates the nation on England's latest coronavirus situation.

He is appearing with Prof Jonathan Van-Tam, the deputy chief medical officer for England, and Dr Susan Hopkins from Public Health England.

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It comes as health officials are hunting for a mystery #Covid patient thought to be one of the first in the UK to have a #Brazilian variant that may spread more rapidly and respond less well to vaccines.

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