"Today (December 29 -
RT
) we detected in Colorado the first case of COVID-19 B.1.1.7 - the same one that was found in the United Kingdom," Polis said in a statement.
It is specified that specialists in Colorado "were the first to identify this type of virus in the country."
According to the governor, the sick man is between the ages of 20 and 29.
He is isolated.
According to the indicated data, he has not made long trips recently.
Polis stressed that the Colorado authorities have already notified the employees of the US federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of the identified case.
Earlier, the Japanese government confirmed information about the discovery of a new strain of coronavirus in five people who flew to the country from the UK this week.