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The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) has corrected an article that linked a variant of COVID-19 to Antigua and Barbuda.<\/p>

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Antigua and Barbuda diplomat Sir Ronald Sanders, who spoke with regional news agency\u00a0Caribbean News Service<\/strong>\u00a0on Wednesday, said the information had remained uncorrected despite British health officials walking back claims that a new Covid-19 variant originated here.<\/p>\n

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Sir Ronald accused the BBC of damaging the country\u2019s tourism industry.<\/p>

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On the BBC\u2019s website, in an article updated Thursday, the British broadcaster wrote that the story has now been updated to reflect new information on UK variants on the Public Health England (PHE) website.<\/p>

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The broadcast company says PHE previously reported two cases of the VUI-2021-03-01 variant had been found in the south-east of England in individuals who had recently been to Antigua.<\/p>\n

PHE now says that despite the travel history of these cases, there is no scientific evidence to determine where this variant first emerged.<\/p>

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The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) has corrected an article that linked a variant of COVID-19 to Antigua and Barbuda. Antigua and Barbuda diplomat Sir Ronald Sanders, who spoke with regional news agency\u00a0Caribbean News Service\u00a0on Wednesday, said the information had remained uncorrected despite British health officials walking back claims that a new Covid-19 variant originated here. 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