Two highly infectious coronavirus variants now make up more than half of new cases in New York City. At a press conference on Wednesday, health officials revealed that the UK variant, known as B.1.1.7, and the homegrown New York City variant, B.1.526, now account for 51 percent of infections. The city’s pandemic response lab found B.1.526 … Read more
The highly contagious UK variant is rapidly spreading throughout Houston, Texas, a new analysis has found. On Monday, the Houston Health Department revealed the variant, known as B.1.1.7 was found at more than three-quarters of the city’s wastewater plants in samples collected February 22. This is 47 percent higher than the number of plants the … Read more
BREAKING NEWS – South African ‘super-covid’ is in the US: Two South Carolina residents with NO travel history or link to each other test positive for highly-infectious variant Fauci warned may escape vaccines Two people in South Carolina are the first US cases of the South African variant Neither has a known history of travel … Read more
BREAKING NEWS: Brazil’s ‘super-covid’ arrives in the US: Minnesota resident becomes first American with highly-contagious variant that vaccines may not be able to protect against Minnesota health officials identified the first case of the Brazilian P1 variant in the US on Monday The Twin Cities resident recently traveled to Brazil and returned this month They … Read more
Florida has become America’s new ‘super-COVID’ hotspot, leading the country in known cases. At least 46 cases of the highly contagious variant first identified in the UK have been found in the Sunshine State, more than double the initial figure of 22. The new strain, B 1.1.7., is feared to be up to 70 percent … Read more
Two New York City residents – in Manhattan and Queens – are among the 12 ‘super-covid’ cases in the state, including one who has recently traveled to the UK, as Mayor de Blasio again calls for complete travel ban Two New York City residents have been infected with the new coronavirus variant first identified in … Read more
Dr Anthony Fauci said it is a ‘possibility’ that a homegrown variant of the coronavirus is fueling a spike in cases across the U.S. The nation’s top infectious disease expert said the rise in cases in America looks similar to the rise in the U.K., where the new strain was first detected ‘It could be – … Read more
BREAKING – Super-covid hits Pennsylvania: Sixth state confirms the 38th US case of mutant coronavirus that’s crippled the UK in ‘international traveler’ as infectious variant spreads across the country One case of the new more infectious UK variant of coronavirus confirmed in Pennsylvania Individual lives in Dauphin County and tested positive after a ‘known international … Read more
Quickly turning around results of the process to detect the new ‘super-covid’ variant ‘isn’t an urgent need,’ because the findings won’t change how the US handles the pandemic, a CDC official told DailyMail.com. ‘For less urgent sequencing, when there isn’t an urgent need to get the data turned around quickly, it’s much more efficient to … Read more
Netherlands bans ALL flights from the UK until January 1 after the discovery of the mutant ‘Super-Covid’ strain that is 70% more infectious The Dutch government has banned all flights from the UK as of Sunday The government said it is monitoring developments and is considering additional measures regarding other modes of transport Netherlands have … Read more