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Originator:
CMO Messaging
From:
CMO Messaging
Issue date:
24-Dec-2020 18:20:50
This alert has been issued to:
NHS Regional Offices
NHS Foundation Trusts (England) - Medical Director
NHS Foundation Trusts (England) - Chief Executive
NHS Trusts (England) - Medical Director
NHS Trusts (England) - Chief Executive
Other contacts
Independent Healthcare Providers (registered with CAS)
Clinical Commissioning Groups
Special Health Authorities
CMO Urgent Messages - Non-NHS Recipients on Public Health Link
Regional Directors of Public Health
Consultants in Communicable Diseases
CMO Urgent Messages - Recipients on Public Health Link
Director of Public Health
GP - Locum
NHS 111 and Out of hours providers
GP Practices
Out of hours contacts
Primary Care Networks
GP Practices 1
Action category:
Important information for immediate action
Title:
Immediate Actions in response to SARS-CoV-2 virus new variants of concerns
Broadcast content:
Immediate Actions in response to SARS-CoV-2 virus new variants of concerns
1.
UK VOC122020/01 , lineage B1.1.7, first identified in Kent on 20/09/2020
2.
UK VOC122020/02, lineage B1.351 or 501Y.V2 first identified in South Africa in October 2020
Additional information:
NHS England and NHS Improvement Regional Offices: please cascade this alert to Community Pharmacy, Dental and Optometry contractors.
Alert reference:
CEM/CMO/2020/043
Attachments:
CEM_CMO_2020_043.pdf
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