UK studying Covid-19 strain first found in Thailand as over 100 patients test positive

Reports said that more than 100 cases of the new strain, VUI-21MAY-02 (C.36.3), were detected in the UK.

The variant was first detected in Thailand in people who had travelled from Egypt.

Public Health England said the variant was under investigation since May 24 "on the basis of the mutation profile and increased importation from a widening international area".

British authorities said they had managed to contain its spread through the test and trace process.