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South African coronavirus variant identified in US.

Jan 28, 2021, 10:26 AM

Spencer Moore, a medical assistant with University of Utah Health, checks the saliva level of a COVID-19 test at the Rice-Eccles Stadium testing site in Salt Lake City on Monday, Nov. 30, 2020.

BY COLBY WALKER
KSLNewsRadio

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The Coronavirus variant identified in South Africa has reached the US with two cases diagnosed in South Carolina.

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