WILMINGTON – The first known US case of a highly infectious coronavirus variant was detected in Colorado.
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis said his state had discovered a case of the highly infectious coronavirus variant B.1.1.7 first detected in Britain. Scientists there believe the variant is more contagious than other previously identified strains of the SAR-CoV-2 variant.
Polis said in a statement the infected patient was a man in his 20s with no recent travel history who is currently in isolation in Denver.
“Public health officials are doing a thorough investigation” and the individual has “no close contacts identified so far,” he said, adding that the state has notified the federal government. (Reuters)
