UK Search for Missing Brazilian Variant Case Narrows to 379 Households

A laboratory technician uses a pipette device to process samples to test for the CCP virus, at Biogroup Laboratory's lab in west London, on Jan. 21, 2021. Justin Tallis/AFP via Getty Images

The search for the missing case of the Brazilian CCP virus variant has narrowed down to just 379 households in southeast England, UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock said on Tuesday.

Authorities said on Sunday that six cases of the Brazilian variant had been found in the UK, three in England and three in Scotland.