The new research offers the first nationwide look at the history of the variant, known as B117, since it arrived in the United States in late 2020. Still, he found results from some parts of the United States especially worrisome. In Florida, where the new study indicates the variant is spreading particularly quickly, Davies fears that a new surge may hit even sooner than the rest of the country. The variant was separately introduced into the country at least eight times, most likely as a result of people traveling to the United States from Britain between Thanksgiving and Christmas. The CDC has recorded only 611 B117 cases, attesting to the inadequacy of the country’s genomic surveillance.

Source: bd News24 February 07, 2021 21:33 UTC