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2023.01.11 02:40 GMT+8

New COVID variant surges quickly in the U.S.

Updated 2023.01.11 03:02 GMT+8
Jim Spellman

A new coronavirus variant is spreading rapidly in the United States as hospitalizations and deaths are once again on the rise. 

In December, it went from accounting for just 4% percent of U.S. cases at the beginning of the month to 41% by the end of the month. By some estimates is it now the dominant strain.

CGTN’s Jim Spellman reports.

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