New York, United States.
The governor of New York, Andrew Cuomo, confirmed on Monday the presence of the new British strain of coronavirus in the region, which was detected in a county resident of Saratoga, In the central area of the state.
“The laboratory of Wadsworth has confirmed the first case of the UK variant (B.1.1.7) of virus causing the covid“, He announced Cuomo on red social Twitter.
“An individual from Saratoga County, a New York, Has given positive of this strain “, Added the governor, who noted, however, that the person has not traveled recently.
This is the fourth US state to detect the presence of the strain, considered more contagious, after California, Florida and Colorado.
Although it is transmitted more easily, experts have noted that it does not seem more virulent, And it is believed that the vaccine developed by the pharmaceuticals it will also be effective against this variant.
“It doesn’t make people sick or cause it more dead“The US chief epidemiologist told the media on Sunday, Anthony Fauci.
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“Doesn’t seem to evade the protection that you should of whats antibodies quand induce vaccines which we are currently using, “he added Fauci in reference to the information they have received from scientists from the United Kingdom, And he noted still have to confirm American experts.
The United States remains the country hardest hit by the United States pandemic, With 20.7 million confirmed cases and more than 352,000 dead, according to the independent count of Johns Hopkins University. EFE