(Fighting New Coronary Pneumonia) Two new cases of mutated new coronavirus infection in the United States have been found in Texas and Pennsylvania
China News Agency, Houston, January 7th. The US health department reported on the 7th that two new cases of the mutated new coronavirus were discovered in the UK.
According to statistics reported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) a few days ago, as of January 6, the United States has reported at least 52 cases of this mutated new coronavirus infection.
On January 4, 2021, local time, New York, USA, nurse Sandra Lindsay received the second shot of the new crown virus vaccine at the Long Island Jewish Hospital.
According to CBS News, on the 7th, Texas and Pennsylvania successively announced the first cases of mutated new coronavirus discovered in the UK.
Harris County, Houston, Texas, reported that the case was a 30-year-old male with no history of travel.
The patient is currently in stable condition and is in isolation.
Dauphin County, where the Penn State capital is located, reported that the case had a recent travel history.
After contact with other confirmed cases overseas, the case was tested to be infected with the mutant new coronavirus.
The patient had mild symptoms and has recovered.
The local public health department said it was looking for and isolating close contacts of the patient.
According to CNN, the mutated new coronavirus called "B1.1.7" was discovered in the UK in September 2020.
British scientists believe that it is more infectious than the original strain of the new coronavirus.
British researchers predict that it may be 50% more infectious than the original strain.
Researchers are still trying to determine its infectiousness.
CDC officials said that the mutated new coronavirus may have spread to a certain range of communities in the United States.
CDC officials believe that due to the large number of travellers between Britain and the United States, it is expected that the number of cases of the mutant virus in the United States may increase significantly in the next few months.
According to data released by the CDC a few days ago, as of January 6, local time, the United States has reported at least 52 cases of mutated new coronavirus infection.
There are at least 26 cases in California, 22 cases in Florida, 2 cases in Colorado, 1 case each in Georgia and New York.
Statistics from Johns Hopkins University's new crown epidemic show that as of January 7, local time, the new crown epidemic has caused more than 360,000 deaths in the United States.
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