Governor Newsom hosted a virtual conversation with Dr. Anthony Fauci and discussed the variant. I don t think that Californians should feel this is something odd. This is something that s expected, said Dr. Fauci, who said this about the variant: There s no indication at all that it increases the virulence, and by virulence I mean the ability to make you sick or kill you.
Shannon Bennett is the chief of science at California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco. She s a virologist specializing in viruses that emerge from non-human animals - like coronavirus.
She explained why the variant may be spreading faster than the viruses we ve seen before.
California has reported its first case of a more contagious COVID-19 variant first identified in the United Kingdom, and the second confirmed case in the U.S.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom said the case was confirmed in Southern California Wednesday afternoon. During a Wednesday afternoon briefing, San Diego County Supervisor Nathan Fletcher said a 30-year-old man in the county with no travel history tested positive for the new strain on Tuesday. “Because there is no travel history, we believe this is not an isolated case in San Diego County,” Fletcher said. He urged residents to stay at home for New Year’s celebrations, citing the region’s already strained healthcare system.
Governor Newsom hosted a virtual conversation with Dr. Anthony Fauci and discussed the variant. I don t think that Californians should feel this is something odd. This is something that s expected, said Dr. Fauci, who said this about the variant: There s no indication at all that it increases the virulence, and by virulence I mean the ability to make you sick or kill you.
Shannon Bennett is the chief of science at California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco. She s a virologist specializing in viruses that emerge from non-human animals - like coronavirus.
She explained why the variant may be spreading faster than the viruses we ve seen before.
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SAN DIEGO – California has reported its first case of a more contagious COVID-19 variant first identified in the United Kingdom – the second confirmed case in the U.S.
Gov. Gavin Newsom, speaking in an online conversation with Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s leading infectious disease expert, said the case was confirmed in Southern California Wednesday afternoon.
During a Wednesday afternoon briefing, San Diego County Supervisor Nathan Fletcher said a 30-year-old man in the county with no travel history tested positive for the new strain on Tuesday.
“Because there is no travel history, we believe this is not an isolated case in San Diego County,” Fletcher said. He urged residents to stay at home for New Year’s celebrations, citing the region’s already strained healthcare system.