Nevada reports 1st case of virus variant from South Africa
By Staff | Feb 19, 2021
This 2020 electron microscope image made available by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows SARS-CoV-2 virus particles which cause COVID-19. According to research released in 2021, evidence is mounting that having COVID-19 may not protect against getting infected again with some of the new variants. People also can get second infections with earlier versions of the coronavirus if they mounted a weak defense the first time. (Hannah A. Bullock, Azaibi Tamin/CDC via AP)
RENO, Nev. (AP) Nevada health officials have confirmed the state’s first known case of a coronavirus variant that was originally identified in South Africa.
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BERLIN The head of Germany’s disease control agency warned Friday that the drop in new coronavirus cases has levelled off even as the share of more contagious variants is rising. Lothar Wieler, head of the Robert Koch Institute, said Germany may be heading toward another “turning point” in the pandemic after weeks of falling […]
Governor Steve Sisolak just announced people 65 years old are now eligible to get the vaccine.
At the same time, stories abound statewide of people getting the vaccine way ahead of when they are scheduled to government officials and their family, for instance.
But what can people do other than shake their heads?
At the same time, can you blame them? There is a push to get the vaccine into as many bodies as possible as soon as possible to stall the development of mutations.
Even so, the South African variant of COVID-19 was just found by the Nevada State Public Health Laboratory in Reno.
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