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UK coronavirus variant found in CaliforniaThe case has been reported a day after the first known US case was documented in Colorado
Reuters
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The highly infectious coronavirus variant originally discovered in Britain has been detected in California, California Governor Gavin Newsom said on Wednesday, a day after the first known US case was documented in Colorado.

Newsom announced his state's first known case of the coronavirus variant B.1.1.7, identified in Southern California, at the start of an online discussion of the Covid-19 pandemic with the nation's leading infectious disease specialist, Dr Anthony Fauci.

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(Published 31 December 2020, 08:29 IST)