he Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency said the variant had been seen in three people who arrived in South Korea from London on 22 December.
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New COVID variant is becoming 'dominant'
South Korea has confirmed almost 57,000 cases of the coronavirus and 808 deaths since the pandemic began.
It comes after the variant was confirmed in Norway and on the Portuguese island of Madeira, with arrivals from the UK blamed in both cases.
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Two people in the Canadian province of Ontario have been confirmed as infected with the variant, although they had no known travel history, exposure or high-risk contact.
Japan's first cases included a man who had visited the UK and a member of his family, while Sweden reported a case in a traveller from the UK who fell ill upon arrival and later tested positive for the variant, before going into isolation.
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