March 16, 2021
Genome sequencing is key to identifying variants but process is very slow and very expensive and states are falling short of goals.
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Jamin Stuhr and his friends drove to Florida for spring break, but say they’re still keeping the pandemic on their minds. I get how people can get confused or forget about COVID when you’re here, but we just try to remember it and stay safe Stuhr said.
“A little bit during the beginning of spring break here it got a little crazy, Tanya Landry, a Clearwater Beach, Florida, resident, said.
Now, the CDC says in states including Florida and California, a quarter of cases are a more contagious variant of the virus, and they expect it to spread.
After crowds gathered in Miami Beach in Florida over the weekend, the incident resulted in the injury of two police officers and 100 arrested spring breakers.
About 100 people have been arrested and two police officers injured as spring break crowds gathered in Florida s Miami Beach over the weekend, the city says.
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