New California COVID strain identified in Taiwan hospital cluster 2021-01-22


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New California COVID strain identified in Taiwan hospital cluster Pathology expert says too early to conclude new variant more contagious By Sophia Yang , Taiwan News, Staff Writer 2021/01/22 10:49 Taoyuan General Hospital. Taoyuan General Hospital. (CNA photo) TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — The COVID-19 variant L452R, which is increasingly prevalent across California, is the culprit behind the Taoyuan hospital cluster infection, said Lo Yi-chun (羅一鈞), deputy chief of the Central Epidemic Command Center's (CECC) medical response division. A COVID patient who returned from the U.S. in late December spread the virus to his physician, Case No. 828 at Taoyuan General...