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The US has identified its third case of the more contagious coronavirus variant found in South Africa – this time in a man from Maryland.
The man, from the Baltimore region, had not traveled outside the country, Gov. Larry Hogan said in a statement, which means it's "likely" he caught it in the community.
This is the third case of the variant found in the US: South Carolina state officials announced Thursday the first two confirmed cases of the variant in the country. Neither person had travelled outside the US, and the two cases were not connected, state health officials said.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said the variant, named B.1.351, can "spread more easily and quickly," but there is no evidence it is more deadly. The variant has a mutation on its spike protein, which is what the coronavirus uses to invade human cells.
So, now all the variants are here.
The man, from the Baltimore region, had not traveled outside the country, Gov. Larry Hogan said in a statement, which means it's "likely" he caught it in the community.
This is the third case of the variant found in the US: South Carolina state officials announced Thursday the first two confirmed cases of the variant in the country. Neither person had travelled outside the US, and the two cases were not connected, state health officials said.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said the variant, named B.1.351, can "spread more easily and quickly," but there is no evidence it is more deadly. The variant has a mutation on its spike protein, which is what the coronavirus uses to invade human cells.
A Baltimore man has the coronavirus variant found in South Africa – the 3rd confirmed US case. He 'likely' caught it locally, the state governor said.
The Maryland man is the third American confirmed with the more infectious coronavirus variant from South Africa, following two South Carolina cases.
www.businessinsider.com
So, now all the variants are here.