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Florida reports first case of new COVID-19 variant discovered in UK Share Updated: 4:36 PM EST Jan 1, 2021
Florida reports first case of new COVID-19 variant discovered in UK Share Updated: 4:36 PM EST Jan 1, 2021
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Show Transcript BOB: THAT NEW STRAIN OF CORONAVIRUS SHOWING UP IN FLORIDA IS CONCERNING, BUT DOCTORS SAY NOT ESPECIALLY SURPRISING, GIVEN THE NATURE OF THIS VIRUS AND OUR STATE. THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SAYS THE FIRST PERSON DIAGNOSED WITH THE VARIANT STRAIN OF COVID IN FLORIDA IS A 20-YEAR-OLD MAN IN MARTIN COUNTY, NORTH OF WEST PALM BEACH, WHO DIDN’T HAVE A HISTORY OF TRAVELING. THAT MEANS IT’S ALREADY CIRCULATING. BOB: DR. MICHAEL TENG, A VIROLOGIST AT USF, SAYS THE PATIENT MUST HAVE PERCEIVED IT FROM SOMEONE ELSE IN FLORIDA. AND RESEARCH SHOWS THE STRAIN HAS PROBABLY BEEN IN THE U.S. SINCE OCTOBER. IT’S PRETTY CLEAR THAT IT’S MUCH MORE WIDESPREAD THAN JUST THESE ISOLATED CASES THAT HAVE BEEN ANNOUNCE
SACRAMENTO, Calif. California Gov. Gavin Newsom has announced the first known case of the new and apparently more contagious variant of the coronavirus in the nation’s most populated state, following the first reported U.S. case in Colorado. Newsom said he had just learned of the finding in a Southern California case Wednesday. He announced it during an online conversation with Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s leading infectious-disease expert. Fauci said the finding is not surprising and that it was to be expected. Newsom did not provide any other details about the person who was
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DENVER A new variant of the coronavirus that may be more contagious has been found in a Colorado man who had not been traveling, triggering a host of questions about how the first reported U.S. case of the new version showed up in the Rocky Mountain state.
The new variant was first identified in England, and infections are soaring now in Britain, where the number of hospitalized COVID-19 patients has surpassed the first peak of the outbreak in the spring. The new variant has also been found in several other countries.
Colorado officials were expected to provide more details at a news conference Wednesday about how the man in his 20s from a mostly rural area of rolling plains at the edge of the Denver metro area came down with the variant. Gov. Jared Polis announced the case Tuesday, adding urgency to efforts to vaccinate Americans.
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