1st Local Case Of Brazil P.1 COVID-19 Variant Detected In Davis
CBS Sacramento
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DAVIS (CBS13) — UC Davis says they have identified another first-known local case of a third COVID-19 variant.
On Thursday, UC Davis officials announced that they had confirmed a case of the P.1 variant of coronavirus. This particular strain first rose to prominence in Brazil and has since been identified as a variant of concern by the CDC.
Previously, the Health Davis Together partnership of COVID-19 testing had also identified confirmed cases of the South African and UK coronavirus variants in Davis.