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New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is holding a press briefing on the coronavirus Tuesday following his announcement that the state has recognized its first Covid-19 case brought on by a brand new, extra contagious variant of the virus.
On Monday, Cuomo advised reporters on a convention name that New York had confirmed its first Covid-19 case with the brand new pressure, often known as B.1.1.7., that was was initially found in the UK. The person, who’s now recovering, lives in upstate New York with no journey historical past, the governor mentioned.
The pressure, which has additionally been discovered in California, Florida and Colorado, is considered extra transmissible however does not seem to make individuals extra sick or improve the danger of demise from Covid-19, consultants have mentioned.
“If different states may take a look at as a lot as we have been testing and examined for the U.Ok. pressure as a lot as we have examined, they’d be discovering them,” Cuomo mentioned.
Throughout a press briefing earlier Monday, the Democratic governor pushed the state’s hospitals to manage their allotments of coronavirus vaccines sooner, threatening to subject fines as much as $10,000 if they do not use the doses by the tip of this week.
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