By Marie Rosenthal, MS
The CDC confirmed the first reports of variant SARS-CoV-2 strains from South Africa and Brazil in the United States.
Two cases associated with the South Africa variant were reported by the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC), and one case associated with the variant from Brazil was reported by the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH).
The Brazil P.1 variant was reported in a Twin Cities resident who traveled to Brazil and became ill earlier