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Coronavirus Variant Detected In Pennsylvania

Matt Slocum
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AP
A woman wearing a face mask crosses Broad Street, Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2020, in Philadelphia.

A new, more contagious variant of the coronavirus has been detected in Pennsylvania for the first time, state health officials announced Thursday.

Someone in Dauphin County tested positive for the variant “after known international exposure,” the Department of Health said in a news release. The patient had mild symptoms and has since completed isolation at home, health officials said.

The new variant first emerged in Britain, sweeping across that country and prompting a national lockdown, and has since been detected in several states.

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