In the United States, a mutant coronavirus infection from the UK has been confirmed for the first time.
Colorado health officials said yesterday (29th) that a man in his 20s was infected with the mutant virus and reported it to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
This man was recently confirmed to have no travel history.
Local health officials say the man is currently quarantined in Elbert County, near Denver, and is being scrutinized to determine the route of infection.
Earlier, CDC said on the 22nd that the mutant coronavirus found in the UK was not confirmed in the United States, but may have already spread to the United States.
The mutant virus is up to 70% more contagious than the existing coronavirus, but experts analyze that it is not more lethal.
The U.S. government set a goal of vaccinating 20 million Americans by the end of December, but according to CDC figures, about 2.1 million people have been vaccinated to date.
In the midst of this, the congressman-elect, who is about to take office on January 3, next year, recently died of the novel coronavirus.
US media reports that Republican-elect Luke Letlow of the 5th consortium in southern Louisiana died from corona complications.
This year, 41-year-old Letlow was diagnosed with coronavirus on the 18th and was being treated at a hospital.
VOA news
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