US reports its first case of new COVID-19 variant
New York, 30th December: United States reports the first case of the new variant of COVID-19, which initially appeared in the UK.
Baaghi TV: The US has reported the first case of the highly-infectious COVID-19 variant in the state of Colorado.
According to reports from BBC News, the patient, a man in his 20s with no recent travel history, is currently in isolation.
State health officials said they were working to identify contacts and other potential cases of the new variant.
Experts say that the new variant is considerably more transmissible than previous strains but not necessarily any more dangerous for those infected.
However, the US health officials said last week that they believed it was already in circulation in the country.
As per the latest figures, the US has recorded more than 19 million infections and more than 337,000 deaths from coronavirus, the highest figures in the world.
Cases of the new variant have started appearing around the world. At the weekend the first two known infections on the North American continent came to light in Canada.
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