A new CCP virus testing site was opened in Las Vegas, Nevada (NV) on November 30 to facilitate testing.
On Tuesday (5), the Georgia Department of Public health (DPH) said the first confirmed case of a new British variant of the virus strain was found in the state, raising alarm in hospitals concerned that the outbreak of CCP pneumonia could become more serious.
The confirmed patient is an 18-year-old Georgia man with no travel history who is currently in home isolation, DPH said. State officials are also working to identify close contacts with the teenager.
DPH Commissioner Kathleen Toomey said, “The emergence of this variant of the virus in our state should be a cause for alarm for all Georgians. Even as we begin to roll out the vaccine, we can’t let our guard down.”
The variant of the CCP virus first identified in the UK, also known as B.1.1.7, is considered more infectious than the typical SARS-CoV-2 virus. While the variant strain is not thought to be more deadly or to cause more serious illness, it has heightened officials’ concerns as the U.S. is currently facing the worst wave of the virus.
Record numbers of patients with the CCHD virus are being seen in hospitals nationwide and in Georgia, which now joins Florida, California, Colorado and New York as the fifth state to discover a new, more contagious strain of the variant virus. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has urged states to conduct related testing.
In the United Kingdom, the new viral variants have sent shockwaves through hospitals. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has ordered a third national lockdown.
Dr. Robert Jansen, chief medical officer of the Grady Health System in Joe’s State, had already expressed concern about hospital overcrowding and the rising outbreak in Georgia.
Upon hearing the news, Dr. Jansen said, “It’s terrible, and when you see what’s happening, it’s more contagious …… and more people are coming to the hospital.” Jensen wants people to take precautions.
Georgia’s reputation for election fraud also coincided with the discovery of a variant strain of the virus on the day of the state’s U.S. Senate runoff.
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