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New CDC Reports Warn the Coronavirus Variants Could Lead to a Rapid Rise in Cases

(CNN)New coronavirus variants could lead to a rapid rise in Covid-19 cases, and can “dangerously accelerate the trajectory of the pandemic,” US health officials warned Wednesday.

“I know these variants are concerning, especially as we’re seeing signs of progress,” US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky said during a White House briefing on Wednesday. “I’m talking about them today because I am concerned, too.
“The continued spread of variants that are more transmissible could jeopardize the progress we have made in the last month if we let our guard down.”

In a report released Wednesday, researchers from the CDC and the Minnesota health department detailed cases of the B.1.1.7 variant — first identified in the United Kingdom — among eight Minnesota residents. Earlier modeling data has suggested this variant, which may be more transmissible, could become the predominant variant in the United States in March.

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