AP: Minnesota Case Marks 1st
Detection Of Brazil Variant In US
A new Brazilian variant of the coronavirus has made its first known appearance
in the United States in a person who recently returned to Minnesota after
traveling to Brazil, state health officials announced Monday. The Brazil P.1
variant was found in a specimen from a patient who lives in the Minneapolis-St.
Paul area who became ill in the first week of January, the Minnesota Department
of Health said in a statement. Epidemiologists are interviewing the person to
obtain more details about their illness, travel and contacts. There was no
immediate indication that the variant was spreading in Minnesota. (Karnowski
and Stobbe, 1/26)
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