The UK’s new coronavirus strain has been found in California, Governor Gavin Newsom announced on Wednesday.
The coronavirus B.1.1.7. the variant is considered more transmissible than COVID-19, but it is not considered more virulent or resistant to vaccines and treatment. A study released by UK scientists found that it is 56% more contagious.
The United States confirmed its first case of the variant on Tuesday in an unidentified man in his 20s in Colorado. Newsom announced that the new coronavirus strain that causes COVID-19 has been found in southern California. Both cases involve members of the Colorado National Guard, who were deployed to help the Good Samaritan Society’s nursing home in Simla, where there was a widespread outbreak.
The USA is now one of at least 17 countries with confirmed cases of the United Kingdom variant. South Africa and Nigeria have reported separate variants of the virus.
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“I am not surprised that you have a case or probably more cases in California,” Dr. Anthony Fauci told Newsom in a virtual conversation. “I don’t think Californians should think this is a strange thing – this is expected.”
The coronavirus-causing COVID-19 and similar ones mutate frequently, he said.
“For all my Californian friends – and I have many – they should realize that this is an RNA virus … RNA virus, they make a living by changing, they love to mutate,” Fauci continued.
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The arrival of the variant detected in California occurs as the cases and hospitalizations reach a high point in the state, and the ICU capacity is 0% in southern California. The facility began to discuss the possibility of rationing care. California hit the record for deaths one day on Tuesday, when 442 people died of coronavirus.