New cases of South Africa coronavirus variant found in Maryland

Fresh data show toll SA virus variant takes on vaccine efficacy

Clinical trial data on two Covid-19 vaccines show that a coronavirus variant first identified in SA is lessening their ability to protect against the illness, underscoring the need to vaccinate vast numbers of people as quickly as possible, scientists said.

L.A. County reports 2nd COVID-19 case involving U.K. variant as region reopens again

Los Angeles County health officials on Saturday warned that variants of the coronavirus continue to spread in the county, noting that a second case of an apparently more contagious strain first reported in the United Kingdom has been confirmed locally.The county reported its first case of the U.K. variant B.1.1.7 on Jan. 16.The presence of the variant in L.A. County means “virus transmission can happen more easily,” health officials said in a ne…

Maryland becomes 2nd state to report coronavirus variant first identified in South Africa

(CNN) — Maryland on Saturday became the second state to report a case of a coronavirus variant first identified in South Africa — a strain that health experts say is more transmissible than previous ones.The announcement by the Maryland governor’s office came two days after South Carolina reported two cases of the strain.The Maryland case involves an adult living in the Baltimore area who has not traveled internationally, “making community trans…

L.A. County Coronavirus Update: Officials Confirm Second Case Of U.K. Variant, More Than 300 New Deaths

Los Angeles Public Health officials have confirmed a second case of the Covid-19 variant B.1.1.7 just weeks after identifying the first instance in the county on Jan. 16. Officials believe that B.1.1.7, which was first discovered in the united Kingdom, is already spreading throughout the county and more contagious than the first coronavirus strain. News […]

2nd case of United Kingdom variant confirmed in LA County as 316 more coronavirus deaths posted

Los Angeles County reported 6,918 new cases of COVID-19 and 316 additional deaths on Saturday, Jan. 30, as health officials also confirmed the second local case of the COVID-19 variant B.1.1.7 first discovered in the United Kingdom, and four additional cases of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C).The B.1.1.7 specimen, submitted by a clinical facility, was sequenced as part of routine surveillance by the county’s Public Health L…

Maryland confirms case of South African Covid variant that's more infectious

Maryland has reported a case of the new, highly transmissible Covid-19 variant first found in South Africa