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A Case of New Variant COVID-19 First Emerging in South Africa Detected in Airplane Pilot — Guangdong Province, China, January 6, 2021
1 Jan 2021
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On January 6, 2021, Guangdong CDC successfully isolated the 501Y.V2 variant of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) virus from a throat swab of a patient.The 501Y.V2 variant was first detected in South Africa, and the patient is a 55-year-old male airline pilot of South African nationality.He entered Guangzhou City, the capital of Guangdong Province, from Singapore on the evening of December 8, 2020 and was...
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