Updated with the latest: A new, more contagious variant of Covid-19 that was first detected in the United Kingdom has been found in San Diego County, according to the chair of that region’s Board of Supervisors, Nathan Fletcher.
Fletcher said the man was 30-years-old with no recent history of travel. Both of those details are significant: the first, because it demonstrates vulnerability among a younger population to the new strain; the second, because it seems to indicate the virus spread within the county, which would imply there are many more people infected with the new strain in the region.
The man “started developing Covid symptoms on the 27th,” according to Fletcher. He was tested on the 29th, said the supervisor, and the result came back positive. The sample was then tested overnight for the UK variant — more on that below — and that result also came back positive. The man has not been hospitalized.
Fletcher said the man was 30-years-old with no recent history of travel. Both of those details are significant: the first, because it demonstrates vulnerability among a younger population to the new strain; the second, because it seems to indicate the virus spread within the county, which would imply there are many more people infected with the new strain in the region.
The man “started developing Covid symptoms on the 27th,” according to Fletcher. He was tested on the 29th, said the supervisor, and the result came back positive. The sample was then tested overnight for the UK variant — more on that below — and that result also came back positive. The man has not been hospitalized.
- 12/31/2020
- by Tom Tapp
- Deadline Film + TV
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