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COVID-19: First CT Resident Diagnosed With South African Variant COVID-19: First CT Resident Diagnosed With South African Variant
Covid-19: First CT Resident Diagnosed With South African Variant A Connecticut resident is being treated in New York City after being diagnosed with the South African strain of COVID-19. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont made the announcement on Monday afternoon, Feb. 15, noting the person was transferred from Connecticut to a hospital in New York after the diagnosis. The South African variant, like the highly contagious United Kingdom strain, contains a mutation called N501Y which is believed to make it more contagious than older variants.  Dr. Anthony Fauci, appearing Sunday, Feb. 14 on NBC's "Meet the Press," warned that…

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by Joe Lombardi