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Here's what we know about new coronavirus variants popping up


Jan 31, 2021 / 03:36 PM EST
(CNN) A variant suspected of helping fuel a surge of coronavirus in Brazil’s Amazon region shows up in Minnesota. Another that’s been worrying officials in South Africa pops up in two places in South Carolina and, just days later, in Maryland.
Scientists are not surprised to see the coronavirus changing and evolving it’s what viruses do, after all. And with so much unchecked spread across the US and other parts of the world, the virus is getting plenty of opportunity to do just that.
Four of the new variants are especially worrisome.
“The variants that have been identified recently seem to spread more easily. They’re more transmissible, which can lead to increased number of cases, and increased stress on our already overtaxed system,” Dr. Rochelle Walensky, the newly appointed director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said in a briefing Wednesday. ....

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New COVID strain: What to know about B117 variant in Texas, Florida


A more contagious coronavirus variant first identified in the United Kingdom continues to crop up across the U.S. and around the globe, threatening to further strain overburdened health care systems just as vaccines are rolling out worldwide.
At least eight U.S. states and 33 countries have identified the new variant, known as B.1.1.7. Several nations have also identified an additional variant, first identified in South Africa, that also appears to infect people more easily.
Because the variants spread more rapidly, they could lead to more cases and put even more strain on our heavily burdened health care systems, said Dr. Henry Walke, incident manager for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention s COVID-19 response. ....

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CDC still working on goal to double coronavirus sequences to expand hunt for mutations


CDC still working on goal to double coronavirus sequences to expand hunt for mutations
CNN
1/22/2021
By Elizabeth Cohen, CNN Senior Medical Correspondent
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DENVER, CO - DECEMBER 30: Site tester Pamela Deemie administers a swab to David Spittler, the medical lead for the COVID Check Colorado site at Echo Park Stadium, as he receives one of his two weekly COVID tests on December 30, 2020 in Parker, Colorado. The site is one of the closest testing sites to Ebert County, where the first case of a person positive for a COVID-19 variant that is thought to be more contagious was detected in the United States. (Photo by Michael Ciaglo/Getty Images) ....

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