More Transmissible Variant Could Dominate by March, CDC Warns

Just over 1 month since UK investigators cautioned the world about the emergence of a new, more transmissible SARS-CoV-2 variant, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) investigators warn this new one will predominate across the United States by March.

As of January 13, the B.1.1.7 variant of SARS-CoV-2 was detected in 76 cases across 10 US states, researchers report January 15 in an early release of the CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR).

Their modeling predicts rapid growth of B.1.1.7 in early 2021.

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