U.K. coronavirus variant confirmed in Louisiana

[J Enders]

The Louisiana Department of Health confirmed the state’s first identified case of a new, more easily spread variant of COVID-19 in the Greater New Orleans area, officials said. 

SARS-CoV-2 B.1.1.7., which is often referred to as the "U.K. variant" because of its prevalence in the United Kingdom, spreads more easily than other viral strains in the country, according to officials. 

 

https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/coronavirus/article_d0dd2e9e-5835-11eb-8ca6-4b1adc56cc7a.html

[niman]

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