"In the central laboratory of the Ministry of Health, a variant of the virus from Los Angeles was found in the process of DNA sequencing," RIA Novosti quoted the ministry as saying.
It is noted that four people were infected from the carrier.
In the US state of California at the end of December, scientists began to look for the "British" strain of coronavirus in the biomaterials taken, but together with it they discovered a new one, which probably appeared in the state itself.
Earlier it was reported that the Israeli government has decided to close Ben Gurion Airport to arriving flights from January 26 in connection with measures taken to combat the coronavirus pandemic.