Highly transmissible COVID-19 variant first found in U.K. could be dominant in U.S. by March, CDC says

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BY SOPHIE LEWIS

JANUARY 17, 2021 / 8:30 AM/ CBS NEWShttps://www.cbsnews.com/embed/video/?v=1496ea77b36b232583a09ff362291d94#vVZ7b9s2EP8qgv4cQot6SwaGIW2HrVjXBk3TYYgGgyJPNhfqMVFy4hX57ruTZCfNBhRrtyIwQpH3fvzuPrhiHNrOiIO7HvoRzty9VtC66w%2BuHqC27vr6gzscOnDX7r5V7pmrFR5F5Ge5HwgWCFAs4mXOBPczhtcSIJN5VHKkrbu7t1C9JI7yoHVQ%2FfHrD2a7ef%2F8Knkpnr8Rv%2FzZVz%2FYc7i63CG1NeMWKe0gDrrZsr3eaiOagRkxgB1Y2zDZonXMz9le9BqfLB6k1A1YZB%2F0YMjMy5nfOfKvnVeTAKdtnOdv3r98gQKco4DVaoWsCm6QEQ%2FVaMxnyTlzHlkiRdM2Wgrz7otFDbpGOlF37tpPfO7nURqFnHO0eezFoNsGHzL%2F4fOVKMGgSh6uuY8CzPzdoGOYu1psUSwm11JOdsPQ2XXhFZ4sbQO3NljhQaO%2BQcuVbOvC241l4enC6wsv4IFfeJx%2BeeElWQ5BIjmLyqBkUSiB5UpWLE0hDeIQKh7HhTfsxrpshDbIEPG7MOF0gBzCKg%2FpX57kIgbul0mUlmEcRUk1W8Oq0aI77LOqgZ30siQIozhhi%2FbV790Wg7L76t77Qcbv0gDdj6swCSDmVaBkLiEUeZQlQviKR3EAGfzv7t%2BfuV0Pew23V735KA62M1rCStRmu9Jt4YkOfd8H%2BCNMKLxP9XDhLYILzz0BySP5Xd%2BqFaLI9LJaoj5HevlAVRjrnbFPA%2B5nUYAh5DxM%2FRDjT25Fm4mwFnaAflWHY3bUGnx1tVXb12IgZOwoiFMrFt4dqzvYXr19hRTjk2Df3t5%2BbMsS5M%2FK%2BBRwbV%2FWXUtWuetKGItgjtCu5QTmVPFp5ZdBUEYsxEpjvg8hQ7jOGI9SlZZ%2BXOYBPOAwGoeFpC2r274hi6wYxl7hpMAG0tCLXu5walwToUOEzkJICPjkyjnx%2FobVJ3pohndk2mtREz4%2Bf3bpvCPyn08SThqeHWai63%2BiujyJxaqGTttWISnCoQVhCRtdwkAL2xo1zg9jh0Vq7SlEwphzKfHmmWnlzQkp7ZWF%2FnIsrex1CepEbru2sW1%2FpNvB3fkLqMRoKPn8DP%2Fc6fbZw22Yn0XxWZwTnPdC3pDpmBJMupVtD9MZKxZhPeZZgsGL5pC8XkqD4png1TekEj8au7HDZkuBo%2BqZb0S3EeTv68I7d%2B%2FvaQh1VIT23yHdkevTzb4Sqtzc1WRQPd5d9G0H%2FXD4CbAk3CBKQYk4Cf1U%2BXGUR7grhKEIE%2Fce81%2FDIKYZhNEYYHugM97tWjX3DzRq8mCpwwooybhmSBpxQDvIspCg5ZgNyuzD9McjwhYeTg11t8Pelq0xIOeuPLEV3lPZhfedthvTbregNrr5lhNaPk6att83ojRUEPO6JHqMoYHzEe3vadO5dkOeSPResTiMJIvilLOyTEuWyzDmUuYg84D64CPWY5HbtsPSdwzcavuIaNqhojyPIEsDlCQCFiUhsDIpfVaGua9CCGSVUbkvLBdj%2BQJ9onQgpjHuMz9x%2FHgdxes4fiA77ig7vd2Zg4PONrbW1mr00jkiznE5cSrd49pStWOjHN044%2BpmhUSjUU4Jjmpr3RDV9GJXTnlwamriM0cqiRhwsI%2F0HnPYDJiKzXJLtX5K1RzOHAethDhkoPIEvRaCZSJH18vEh0CkWcZDitQD3zGW2F1tI%2Fa6H62DbWzniCocUfKoXoG9QZCc0PMF7ClYLiHU9khA7bKhVZhwBP%2F%2FqAler91xkkU3l7NSpB3tQrTwIs4QWug9OLdQugscT6msUq4gC0tWBlARFAdMhBVnPMh9HDp%2Bls548QgkJ%2BlG1xoxJTqF8bIdewkzXDsLHJSYQ3WBc4Om0qRu6fsNGbd58Jk%2BF%2BkLBekEYfRYU7Xj5Ky0efRMDEgCDUWK5qp7%2F2jdfbpP%2FG3EzbP26Rhjc%2Bmxj0qPHYuJjQ0qVbQJDcugq0FpcdGiMRj3JdYGhFoy97XMIF1L9P4zmRNmfdKBL1wV7u%2F%2FAg%3D%3D

Thenew coronavirus variantfirst seen in the United Kingdom is likely to become the dominant strain in the United States by March, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)saidin a new report Friday. The mutation is believed to be more contagious, and research shows it could experience “rapid growth” in the early part of this year.

The CDC explored a number of different scenarios involvingthe strain, which experts believe is about 50% more transmissible than the original. In each one, the new strain made up the majority of cases in the U.S. within the next two months.

“Multiple lines of evidence indicate that B.1.1.7 is more efficiently transmitted than are other SARS-CoV-2 variants,” the CDC said.https://www.cbsnews.com/newsletters/widget/e879?v=1496ea77b36b232583a09ff362291d94&view=compact#vVNNb9swDP0rgs5R4s%2FE9q1DB2yXoUC30zIU%2BmAaorZkSHKCoOh%2FH5U4TbfzsIthkY985NPTK3djRGcD7145aGeAdxyaTcsX%2FIBwpJN2wyh1pMDoAiYwBe9CgMg%2BOXPibwsevdQvaJ9TEwyfrVQ9GN5FP8GCSx9R93A3xb3zXyn8k5fZWhtZG1GXlRZVvcmEUhslWl3WmdYt6Lbgv%2F4q%2FSYHSMXBjXsE1sMRwwdQ6syrtq1o%2BoI6yUJU6xKEWqtcqLLNTQmF3jU5fy95mNS9jGnjIitykeUiX7O87qq6q%2Bsb7DvGPoH2%2BLzvT4yWtWHAEJC2ZNod0Ii8ZQfpUdrIdugDfd1kDUPLpuXLkkBTb5gCZtyANqHOmbBk6sQG6fV%2BwbTRLMhT%2BMB7GuGsv41g49Mcpbx2fQ863cRFzrZYaw11KcC0a9paStHIllZX6xwKuWmarExK3equWmrnnZUH9FNg2mO4KGrggPpKbyC8RDcSLYZ7OCSxkhXk8xVg4RieMMJAYfIHfEHwqfd07pUijxdSwk5hBs21HsJI5sMDsCMoyhET6vNV7jaZgaZUQhWwEzktImS5y0RWtHneVHmzqdtrwWWdS%2FcpgJ%2B7S0ukC97jgJF31buwj27y%2BiytCiyNTyBFt2oeehl3zg%2FnASh5Xi2N%2B3RTIR1nvhmRpgDZ4zQk%2F4%2Fe7bD%2FkE4FBAGbtKOsSS9Gp9lQy%2F6H75O1YhxDt11tV8fjcTkXLunlbVfpb7u62kzMNhMXM4o%2FzCiu9hKTJVIjQiR7U%2FV8Yf%2BTa5boH%2FV8e%2FsN

The variant, known as B.1.1.7, was first detected in the U.K. in mid-December and has since…

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