The confirmed case is in Dauphin County.
This variant is the same one that was first discovered in England in December.
This individual tested positive after known international exposure. A case investigation and contact tracing were performed to identify, inform and monitor anyone who was in close contact with this individual. The individual had mild symptoms, which have since been resolved while they completed their isolation at home.
âPennsylvania has been preparing for this variant by working closely with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and has been sending 10-35 random samples biweekly to the CDC since November to study sequencing and detect any potential cases for this new COVID-19 variant,â Dr. Levine said. âPublic health experts are in the early stages of working to better understand this new variant, how it spreads and how it affects people who are infected with it.
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Pa. Dept. of Health to open more pop-up coronavirus testing locations
Updated Dec 23, 2020;
Secretary of Health Dr. Rachel Levine on Wednesday announced that beginning Dec. 27 regional drive-thru and indoor walk-in testing clinics will be held in Beaver, Clearfield, Juniata, Potter and Schuylkill counties.
The counties with testing sites will change each week over the next nine weeks so that 61 counties will eventually be covered by dedicated pop-up testing sites over a 12-week period, according to a press release.
From March through Dec. 22, the department has received 7,020,397 polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test results which roughly equates to 54.8% of the population. From May through Dec. 22, the department has received 568,270 antigen test results. The total number of tests combined, 7,588,667, roughly equates to 59.3% of the Pennsylvania population, according to the release.
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