The newly discovered and more contagious variant of the coronavirus, which was first seen in Britain, may have been found in a second person in Colorado after the state and health officials reported its first known case on Tuesday.
The newly discovered and more contagious variant of the coronavirus, which was first seen in Britain, may have been found in a second person in Colorado after the state and health officials reported its first known case on Tuesday.
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Colorado May Have Second Case of Coronavirus Variant
The newly discovered and more contagious variant of the coronavirus, which was first seen in Britain, may have been found in a second person in Colorado after the state and health officials reported its first known case on Tuesday.
“As many of you are aware, yesterday, the Colorado state lab confirmed the first variant of Covid-19 in the United States right here in Colorado. Now, to be clear, that doesn’t mean that Colorado is the first state that has people with the variant. In fact, it’s very likely it exists in many states, particularly the states that have more interaction with the United Kingdom in the New England and mid-Atlantic area. But I’m very proud that our state lab was the very first to detect that variant.” “Our investigation and contact tracing efforts are ongoing. But at this time, we are aware of one confirmed and another possible case with a B117 variant of the virus. Both of these cases are Colorado National Guard personnel who were deployed to support staffing at the Good Samaritan Society nursing home home in Simla, Colo. That’s in Elbert County. Their deployment at the facility began on Dec. 23. The nursing home has an ongoing outbreak of Covid-19. Cases of Covid-19 were first identified in the facility in mid-December following routine surveillance testing in that facility.”
Colorado May Have Second Case of Coronavirus Variant
The newly discovered and more contagious variant of the coronavirus, which was first seen in Britain, may have been found in a second person in Colorado after the state and health officials reported its first known case on Tuesday.
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