President Cyril Ramaphosa said 1.2 million healthcare workers would be first in line for COVID-19 vaccines once they start arriving mid-year followed by essential .
Texas, Connecticut health officials identify states first cases of new Covid strain found in UK CNBC 1/7/2021 Noah Higgins-Dunn
Texas and Connecticut public health officials announced on Thursday that they have identified their first cases of a new, more contagious variant of the coronavirus, known as B.1.1.7.
The Texas patient, a man between the ages of 30 and 40, was discovered in Harris County, home to Houston, the county s public health department said in a statement.
It s likely that the variant is already circulating in Texas, because the man had no prior travel history, Dr. John Hellerstedt, the state s health commissioner, said in a statement.
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