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Study: UK COVID-19 variant B.1.1.7: More deadly than previous strains

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Variant B.1.1.7 of COVID-19 associated with a significantly higher mortality rate, research shows The highly infectious variant of COVID-19 discovered in Kent, which swept across the UK last year before...

Missouri reports 1st confirmed case of B.1.1.7 COVID-19 variant

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS) is reporting the first identification in a Missouri resident of the COVID-19 variant, B.1.1.7, which was...

Alaska reports 1st UK COVID-19 variant case in Anchorage resident

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By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 The Alaska Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS)  announced last week that an Anchorage resident who tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 infection last month was infected...

Norway risk assessment: COVID-19 variants likely to become a threat to our ability to control the epidemic in the coming months

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By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 Norway’s National Institute of Public Health said in the second update of the risk assessment on variants of the coronavirus that they are likely to become a threat to...

Moderna COVID-19 vaccine: Neutralizing activity against emerging variants retained

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Biotechnology company,  Moderna Inc., today announced results from in vitro neutralization studies of sera from individuals vaccinated with Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine showing activity against emerging...

Ontario: UK COVID -19 variant identified at Barrie long-term care home

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By News Desk  @bactiman63 The Simcoe Muskoka Health District reports genome sequencing on all six COVID-19 samples from a Barrie long-term care home have now been identified as the United Kingdom (UK)...

Massachusetts reports first case of the COVID-19 variant B.1.1.7

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By News Desk  @bactiman63 Massachusetts health officials reports the first case of the COVID-19 variant B.1.1.7 , aka the UK COVID-19 variant, has been detected in the state. The individual, a female...

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New Mexico reports first B117 coronavirus variant case in UK traveler

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By News Desk  @bactiman63 The New Mexico Department of Health on Wednesday announced the state’s first case of the B117 coronavirus variant. A male in his 60’s has the variant; he is associated with...

First case of the UK COVID-19 variant detected in Illinois

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By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 Health officials in Chicago and the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) today announced the first case in Illinois of the SARS-CoV-2 variant B.1.1.7 first identified...

Brisbane: Positive case of UK strain of COVID-19 detected, 3-day lockdown begins

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By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 Queensland health officials has confirmed a case of COVID-19 has the UK variant. This has prompted the government to limit incoming and outgoing movements from the Greater Brisbane...