Gavin Newsom Announces New UK Strain of Coronavirus Found in CaliforniaJoel B. Pollak 30 Dec 2020
California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Wednesday that the new, more easily transmissible strain of coronavirus found recently in the United Kingdom had also been discovered in California.
Newsom made the announcement during a discussion on Facebook Live with Dr. Anthony Fauci, Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
Fauci explained that while the new strain seemed to bind more easily to target cells, there was “no indication at all that it increases the virulence†of the disease, meaning that it would not make patients sicker or more susceptible to dying.
Moreover, he said, it seemed that the new strain would not re-infect people who had already had the old strain, and was not resistant to the vaccines that are being rolled out across the U.S.
The first known case of the new coronavirus strain was announced Tuesday in Colorado.
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