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US capital detects first UK, South Africa variants – Anadolu Agency
UK variants found in 3 people, South Africa variant in one – Anadolu Agency
WASHINGTON
Coronavirus variants first found in the UK and South Africa have been detected in Washington D.C., the district’s health director LaQuandra Nesbitt said Thursday.
The UK variant, known as B.1.1.7, was found in three people and the South Africa variant, B.1.351, in one person, she said during a news conference.
“Every positive test is not sequenced to be detected for variants only a sampling of cases are sequenced for variants,” said Nesbitt. “Not every one of those positive cases is…
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