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New coronavirus variants keep popping up. Here's what we know about them


New coronavirus variants keep popping up. Here’s what we know about them
A variant suspected of helping fuel a surge of coronavirus in Brazil’s Amazon region shows up in Minnesota. Another that’s been worrying officials in South Africa pops up in two places in South Carolina and, just days later, in Maryland.
Scientists are not surprised to see the coronavirus changing and evolving it’s what viruses do, after all. And with so much unchecked spread across the US and other parts of the world, the virus is getting plenty of opportunity to do just that.
Four of the new variants are especially worrisome. ....

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Here's what we know about new coronavirus variants popping up


Jan 31, 2021 / 03:36 PM EST
(CNN) A variant suspected of helping fuel a surge of coronavirus in Brazil’s Amazon region shows up in Minnesota. Another that’s been worrying officials in South Africa pops up in two places in South Carolina and, just days later, in Maryland.
Scientists are not surprised to see the coronavirus changing and evolving it’s what viruses do, after all. And with so much unchecked spread across the US and other parts of the world, the virus is getting plenty of opportunity to do just that.
Four of the new variants are especially worrisome.
“The variants that have been identified recently seem to spread more easily. They’re more transmissible, which can lead to increased number of cases, and increased stress on our already overtaxed system,” Dr. Rochelle Walensky, the newly appointed director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said in a briefing Wednesday. ....

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