UK residents to be urgently tested for South African strain of coronavirus

The South African strain is not thought to be more dangerous (Danny Lawson/PA)

Residents in a part of Surrey in the UK are to be urgently tested for Covid-19 after it emerged the South African strain of the virus may have started spreading in the community.

Two positive cases of the strain – which has been worrying scientists – have been identified in people with no links to travel or previous contact with those affected.