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Coronavirus variant from South Africa found in U.S. for first time

A faster-spreading variant of the coronavirus that was first identified in South Africa has now been found in two people in South Carolina. Dr. Krutika Kuppalli, an infectious disease physician at the Medical University of South Carolina, joins CBSN's "Red & Blue" host Elaine Quinano to discuss the dangers posed by the new strains reaching the United States.
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