Man with no travel history becomes US' first reported case of new COVID-19 variant
The Colorado State Laboratory confirmed the virus variant, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was notified.
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The Colorado State Laboratory confirmed the virus variant, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was notified.
URL copied Image Source : AP A waitperson wears a face mask while tending to a patron sitting in the outdoor patio of a sushi restaurant, late Monday, Dec. 28, 2020, in downtown Denver The first reported U.S. case of the COVID-19 variant thatâs been seen in the United Kingdom has been discovered in Colorado, Gov. Jared Polis announced Tuesday, adding urgency to efforts to vaccinate Americans. The variant was found in a man in his 20s who is in isolation southeast of Denver in Elbert County and has no travel history, state health officials said. Elbert C...
DENVER - The first reported U.S. case of the COVID-19 variant that's been seen in the United Kingdom has been discovered in Colorado, Gov. Jared Polis annou
Dec 30, 2020 9:21 AM EDT DENVER (AP) — 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 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...
Colorado coronavirus new variant: Officials suspect they've found a second case of UK variant CNN 12/31/2020 By Joe Sutton and Jason Hanna, CNN © Alissa Eckert/Dan Higgins/CDC This illustration, created at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), reveals ultrastructural morphology exhibited by coronaviruses. Note the spikes that adorn the outer surface of the virus, which impart the look of a corona surrounding the virion, when viewed electron microscopically. A novel coronavirus virus was identified as the cause of an outbreak of respiratory illness first de...