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What to know about new COVID-19 variant in California Share Updated: 12:23 AM PST Jan 19, 2021 Vicki Gonzalez Share Updated: 12:23 AM PST Jan 19, 2021
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Show Transcript VICKI: CALIFORNIA PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIALS ARE KEEPING A CLOSE EYE ON ANOTHER COVID-19 VIRUS VARIANT. THE VARIANT IS DETECTED IN 12 COUNTIES, INCLUDING THE BAY AREA IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. AT THIS TIME, THE COUNTIES IN AND AROUND SACRAMENTO ARE SPARED, OR ARE WE? THIS PROFESSOR STUDIES HOW VIRUSES ARE SPREAD AT USC SCHOOL OF MEDICINE. WHAT IS THE LIKELIHOOD IT IS HERE, JUST LIKE ANY OTHER VARIANT, AND WE DON’T KNOW IT YET? THE LIKELIHOOD OF IT BEING EVERYWHERE IS PRETTY HIGH. YOU CAN THINK OF THE TESTING AS THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG. IF WE ARE SEEING IT AT THE TIP, IT’S PROBABLY BECAUSE IT’S MORE WIDESPREAD THAN THE TESTING WE HAVE DONE CAN REVEAL AT THIS STAGE. VICK YESTERDAY, THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH EXPLAINED ONE CHALLENGE. BECAUSE
Is now it time for the schoolchildren of Davis to start returning to campus, for at least part of each week, after a long stint of online distance learning that began last March?
Or should the Davis school district wait until the new coronavirus vaccines become more widely available, and perh