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May 2021
Police: 'Avoid contact' after Indian variant found in North Yorkshire
North Yorkshire Police has urged people to be wary of touching each other after it was revealed a "small number" of cases of the Indian variant of covid had been found in the county.
Louise Walker, North Yorkshire's director of public health, revealed today the variant was present in the county. It is not known if any of the infections ar ein the Harrogate district.
Superintendent Mike Walker, who is leading the force’s response to the pandemic, urged people to avoid unnecessary contact with people not in their household.
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Superintendent Walker said:
The force revealed today it hadn't issued any fixed penalty notices for breaches of covid rules during the last week.
Superintendent Walker added that officers would only take action “against blatant breaches of the health protection regulation”.
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