Coronavirus: new Covid-19 strain hits US as Donald Trump’s vaccine plan runs ‘far behind’

The first known US case of a highly infectious coronavirus variant first detected in Britain has been discovered in Colorado, the state’s Governor Jared Polis said on Tuesday.“Today we discovered Colorado’s first case of the Covid-19 variant B.1.1.7, the same variant discovered in the UK,” Polis said on Twitter.He attached an official statement from his office and state health officials that said the individual is a “male in his 20s who is currently in isolation in Elbert County and has no…

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