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U.K. coronavirus variant found in Philadelphia area

A variant, more-transmissible strain of the coronavirus first identified in the United Kingdom has been detected in a woman from the Philadelphia area, officials announced Friday.

Syringes wait on table to be filled with COVID-19 vaccine. A highly transmissible variant of the coronavirus first identified in the United Kingdom has been detected in a woman from the Philadelphia area, officials announced Friday. It is still susceptible to the vaccine.
Syringes wait on table to be filled with COVID-19 vaccine. A highly transmissible variant of the coronavirus first identified in the United Kingdom has been detected in a woman from the Philadelphia area, officials announced Friday. It is still susceptible to the vaccine.Read moreALEJANDRO A. ALVAREZ / Staff Photographer
    by Oona Goodin-Smith
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