The P1 variant of Covid-19 emerged in Manaus in northern Brazil. Experts fear that, like other variants, it could be more contagious than “regular” Covid, and less responsive to vaccines. Six cases of the variant have now been found in the UK – and officials don’t know where one patient is.
In England, two patients are from the same household in South Gloucestershire after someone returned from Brazil on 10 February – five days before the hotel quarantine rule came into force. Three Scottish residents have also tested positive – they flew to north-east Scotland from Brazil via Paris and London. But the identity of the sixth case is unknown, because the person did not complete their test registration card. Anyone without a result from a test on 12 or 13 February is now being asked to come forward.
Since 15 February, anyone returning to England from 33 “hotspot” countries, including Brazil, has to quarantine in a hotel for 10 days. The same applies to anyone arriving in Scotland from any country. Labour said news of the Brazilian variant was “further proof that the delay in introducing a hotel quarantine was reckless”.
The vaccines are being tweaked to deal with various Covid variants in the future. You can read more about the variants here – and remind yourself of the quarantine rules here.

The UK's vaccination rollout will receive an extra £1.65bn in the Budget to help it reach its target of offering a first dose to every adult by 31 July. The chancellor will also announce that £22m of the existing funding will be used in a trial to see if mixing different vaccine doses works. More than 20 million people in the UK have had a first dose.

The Duke of Sussex has said he feared his family history was "repeating itself" before he decided to step back from the Royal Family. In excerpts from an upcoming interview with Oprah Winfrey, Prince Harry said: "My biggest concern was history repeating itself...I can't begin to imagine what it must have been like for her [his mother Diana] going through this process by herself all those years ago, because it has been unbelievably tough for the two of us - but at least we [Harry and Meghan] had each other." The full interview with the duke and duchess airs in the US on 7 March.

A mixture of stories make the front pages. While the i, Guardian, and Telegraph lead with the “Brazilian mutation”, the Mail reports that half of Britain’s police stations have closed in the past 10 years. Meanwhile, the Metro’s main picture is Coronation Street character Mike Baldwin in a classic cigar-smoking pose – the actor, Johnny Briggs, has died aged 85. Read all the front pages here.

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