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DHS: South African COVID-19 variant found in Wisconsin – WKOW
The Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) and its laboratory partners found a second variant strain of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, in Wisconsin…
(WKOW) — The Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) and its laboratory partners found a second variant strain of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, in Wisconsin Thursday.
The strain found is different than the first variant, B.1.1.7, also referred to as the UK variant, that was found in Wisconsin Jan. 12.
This strain is known as B.1.351, and was first discovered in South Africa around October.
DHS reported that epidemiologic and modeling studies said this new strain is similar…
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