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London: Britain's health minister says a fast-spreading coronavirus variant first identified in India is likely to become the dominant strain of the virus in the UK. Health officials are conducting door-to-door testing in several areas of the country in an attempt to curb the spread of the variant, which the government has warned could disrupt the UK's reopening plans. Surge vaccinations in key regions are to begin shortly. Health Secretary Matt Hancock said the new strain, formally known as B.1.617.2, is more transmissible than the UK's dominant strain. He told the BBC "it is likely it will become the dominant variant." Hancock said scientists had a "high degree of confidence" that current

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