In the state of Colorado, experts have identified for the first time the carrier of a new strain of coronavirus, which was previously detected in the UK. This was announced by the Governor of the state Jared Polis in his Twitter account.
As the newspaper The Washington Post notes, this is the first known case of infection with the “British” coronavirus in the United States. At the same time, the infected did not go anywhere recently.
The infected also has not had close contacts recently, but now experts are working to identify other potential cases and contacts with the infected.
Currently, the new type of coronavirus has been detected in no less than 17 countries outside the UK. In North America, the first case of infection with the new strain was detected in Canada on December 26.
A dangerous mutation of the coronavirus was first discovered in the UK in September, but it began to spread actively in December. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said the new strain could be 70 percent more infectious. The mutation affected the area of the spike protein on the surface of the coronavirus, which is responsible for attaching to cells located in the mucous membrane of the lungs and a number of other organs.
