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Dec 30, 2020 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. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski) DENVER (AP) — 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 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 County is ...

Two states confirm cases of Covid-19 variant first found in U.K. Corky Siemaszko and Phil Helsel © Provided by NBC News Two states, Colorado and California, have confirmed cases of a highly contagious Covid-19 variant first detected in the United Kingdom. Officials announced Wednesday that the strain was found in a San Diego patient, hours after Colorado officials revealed that the first confirmed case in the U.S. is a member of the state National Guard. "I'm not surprised that you have a case, and likely more cases, in California," Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation's top infect...

Colorado Finds First U.S. Case of U.K. COVID Variant By Carolyn Crist Dec. 30, 2020 -- Colorado confirmed the first known case of COVID-19 in the United States that stems from a variant of the coronavirus that emerged in the U.K., according to NBC News. Colorado Gov. Jared Polis announced Tuesday that the case involves a man in his 20s who didn’t have a recent travel history. He was working at a Good Samaritan Society assisted living facility in Simla, which has had an outbreak over the past few weeks. “There is a lot we don’t know about this new COVID-19 variant, but scientists ...

Dec 30, 2020 A waitperson wears a face mask while tending to a patron sitting in the outdoor patio of a sushi restaurant late Monday in downtown Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski) 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...

New COVID strain B.1.1.7 found in Colorado, marking 1st US case of UK variant; Another suspected patient reported Updated Dec 30, 2020; The United States this week confirmed its first case of a coronavirus variant that was first discovered in the United Kingdom and now detected in Colorado, with news outlets reporting a second possible patient in the state. Colorado Gov. Jared Polis and state public health officials announced Tuesday that a man in his 20s in Elbert County contracted the B.1.1.7 strain of COVID-19. He is being isolated and has no travel history, according to a statement from ...