During his Monday news conference, California Governor Gavin Newsom said that the state was monitoring a new, potentially more infectious strain of Covid-19.
British officials have indicated that the variant on the virus could be up to 70% more transmissible.“We haven’t seen anything as it relates to this strain yet.
No evidence yet,” he said, before noting that the state has been genetically testing samples for the new strain via the SARS-CoV-2 Whole Genome Sequencing initiative.The concern is over a newly-mutated form of the virus being reported in the U.K.
That country’s prime minister Boris Johnson ordered a complete lockdown of London and nearby areas this weekend to try and contain the new variant.
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