Covid Indian variant reaches Northants

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Six cases of the Indian variant of Covid have been identified in Northamptonshire. Public Health Northamptonshire says staff and students at a school in the county will now be tested as a precautionary measure. 

This week health secretary Matt Hancock said the government is worried about the rise in cases of the Indian variant and is watching it very car…