DENVER A Colorado man in his 20s has been reported as the first in the U.S. with the more contagious variant of the coronavirus.
He’s from a mostly rural expanse outside the Denver area and recovering in isolation, according to state officials. His condition was not disclosed.
The new, mutated version was first identified in Britain and found in several other countries.
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis says officials will “closely monitor this case, as well as all COVID-19 indicators, very closely.”
The variant is probably still rare in the U.S., but the lack of travel history in the first case means it is spreading, perhaps seeded by visitors from Britain in November or December, said scientist Trevor Bedford, who studies the spread of COVID-19 at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle.
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The site of Kaohsiung event. Photo courtesy by Kaohsiung City Government.
Taipei, Dec. 30 (CNA) The local governments in Taoyuan, Tainan, Taichung, Keelung, Chiayi and Kaohsiung cities have decided against audiences at their respective New Year s Eve celebrations, citing concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic, and instead will live stream the shows, they said Wednesday.
The decision to not allow live audiences at the celebrations followed a report earlier in the day by the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) of a Taiwanese teenager who was confirmed to be infected with a new variant of the COVID-19 virus after his recent return from the United Kingdom.