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TEXAS – Houston became the first city in the nation with all variants of the COVID – 19 , several of them are much more contagious than the original strain.
“Studies indicate that the variants most important are geographically distributed in Houston and the metropolitan area, “said James Musser, who is part of a group of experts from the Houston Methodist Hospital.
The information was released a week after the death toll from the virus crossed the half million mark in the United States, a figure that according to Musser and other experts, will continue to increase if Americans do not make an effort to continue practicing social distancing and if vaccine efforts do not improve.
Since the virus was detected in the region of Houston almost a year ago, Musser and his team studied m more than 20, 000 COVID genomes – 19. The most recent study of 3, . The variants from the United Kingdom, South Africa and Brazil were present.
Experts are still studying the new variants and effectiveness of the Moderna and Pfizer vaccines.
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