data on incoming passenger testing, no data on new variant testing in those islands which is critical for us to be able to hold the government to account for that another example is when pakistan and bangladesh were on the red list and india should have been at the same time but there was a two week delay which made the delta variant, thejohnson variance, was already running through large swathes of the uk. was already running through large swathes of the uk. people are still havin: to swathes of the uk. people are still having to take swathes of the uk. people are still having to take tests, swathes of the uk. people are still having to take tests, though? - swathes of the uk. people are still. having to take tests, though? there is that very obvious barrier and thatis is that very obvious barrier and that is going to stay. find is that very obvious barrier and that is going to stay. is that very obvious barrier and that is going to stay. and that is another concern that is g
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SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - Local health experts are seeing a significant shift in COVID-19 Variants of Concern in Santa Barbara County.
The Local Variant Research Team, comprised of Dr. Lynn Fitzgibbons and UCSB Professor Carolina Arias, shared their latest findings Thursday afternoon.
The updated Community Dashboard shows out of 291 samples, 173 or 59.5% are Variants of Concern.
Their findings show that over the past few weeks, the UK Variant has established itself in our area and has overtaken all other variants. That includes the West Coast Variant.
Fitzgibbons shared with NewsChannel 3-12 that the UK Variant, B.1.1.7, was present in the majority of samples from confirmed COVID-19 cases taken in April. And, that a new Variant of Interest popped up in late March in samples and, is growing. That is the B.1.526, which emerged back in February in New York City. Health officials have said that variant has the potential to resist the immune syst
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