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Australian states are increasingly recording cases of more infectious variants of COVID-19. The COVID-19 variants first identified in the United Kingdom and South Africa have been recorded in New South Wales, the Northern Territory and Queensland.

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By Charitha Adikari, Karishma Luthria

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Australian states are increasingly recording cases of more infectious variants of COVID-19. The COVID-19 variants first identified in the United Kingdom and South Africa have been recorded in New South Wales, the Northern Territory and Queensland.

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