As nation marks half a million deaths, concerns rise over new California coronavirus variant
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Romelia Navarro (right) is comforted by nurse Michele Younkin at the bedside of her dying husband in a Fullerton hospital.Jae C. Hong / Associated PressShow MoreShow Less
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Emergency medical workers Jacob Magoon, from left, Joshua Hammond and Thomas Hoang lift a patient onto a gurney in Placentia, Calif., Saturday, Jan. 9, 2021. EMTs and paramedics have always dealt with life and death they make split-second decisions about patient care, which hospital to race to, the best and fastest way to save someone and now they re just a breath away from becoming the patient themselves. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)Jae C. Hong / Associated PressShow MoreShow Less
America s pandemic toll: In one year, half a million lives
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Virus variant from South Africa detected in US for 1st time
The mutated version of the virus, first identified in South Africa, was found in two cases in South Carolina
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A new variant of the coronavirus emerged Thursday in the United States, posing yet another public health challenge in a country already losing more than 3,000 people to COVID-19 every day.
The mutated version of the virus, first identified in South Africa, was found in two cases in South Carolina. Public health officials said it’s almost certain that there are more infections that have not been identified yet. They are also concerned that this version spreads more easily and that vaccines could be less effective against it.
Already overworked and strained Los Angeles County ICU doctors brace themselves for another anticipated surge in COVID-19 patients salarshani@businessinsider.com (Sarah Al-Arshani) © Francine Orr/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images Michelle Goldson, RN works inside the ICU at Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Hospital on December 17, 2020 in Los Angeles. Francine Orr/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images
Doctors in Los Angeles County are bracing themselves for a likely rise in an already surging number of COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations.
Physicians told Business Insider that their hospitals are running through multiple contingency plans to figure out how to best treat patients, maintain supplies, and keep healthcare workers safe.