The coronavirus variant behind the world’s worst coronavirus outbreak in Brazil is on the rise in the United States, new data shows. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the P1 variant first identified in Brazil is now the second most common variant in the United States, with at least 434 people infected. Most of those cases have been recorded in Florida, Massachusetts and Illinois. The CDC says the P1 variant could spread more easily and more quickly than other variants, which could lead to more cases of COVID-19. Laboratory tests so far have suggested that the approved vaccines are likely to work against P1, but may have reduced efficacy. The Brazilian Ministry of Health reported 4,195 COVID-19 deaths in one day earlier this week, and the out-of-control pandemic has been described by health experts as a ‘biological Fukushima’.
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