The new highly contagious coronavirus strain from the U.K. has spread to Southern California, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced on Wednesday.
He made the statement during an online conversation about the pandemic with Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s leading infectious disease expert, but Newsom offered little additional information about the circumstances of the diagnosis.
The first case of the coronavirus variant in the U.S. was detected in Colorado on Tuesday. Experts have said it spreads faster than the common strain.
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