Algeria detects first two cases of UK coronavirus variant

Algeria has recorded its first two cases of the British variant of the coronavirus, state research centre Pasteur Institute announced.

Two people, a healthcare employee working at a hospital in Algiers and a France-based Algerian retruning home, have tested positive for the variant, it said in a statement.

Main Photo: An Algerian health worker disinfects a bus stop in Algiers, Algeria. EPA-EFE/STR