CDC is aware that first US documented cases of the SARS-CoV-2 variant, first detected in South Africa, have been identified in South Carolina. CDC will continue to provide updates as we learn more. See full statement: https://bit.ly/2MvRE5l#COVID19
"I hope, in the end, that this article reads as alarmism. I hope that a year from now it’s a piece people point to as an overreaction. I hope."
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