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Colorado confirms first known US case of new COVID-19 strain believed to be more contagious


“Today we discovered Colorado’s first case of the COVID-19 variant B.1.1.7, the same variant discovered in the U.K.,” Colorado Gov. Jared Polis said on Twitter Tuesday afternoon. “The health and safety of Coloradans is our top priority and we will monitor this case, as well as all COVID-19 indicators, very closely.”

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2020/12/29/colorado-reports-first-known-us-case-new-covid-strain-uk/4079697001/

Covid-19: US reports first known case of highly-infectious variant


The first reported US case of the highly-infectious Covid-19 variant that emerged in the UK has been confirmed in the state of Colorado.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-55479590

Covid in prison: ‘We should be treated like humans’


As coronavirus cases continue to surge in the US, a key source of infection is clusters in prisons.

https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-us-canada-55430518

 

Keyon Harrold: Jazz trumpeter says son assaulted after false theft accusation


An investigation has been launched after a 14-year-old black teenager was allegedly assaulted by a white woman who falsely accused him of stealing her phone in a hotel lobby in New York.

Joe Biden: ‘Enormous damage’ to US security agencies by Trump


Agencies critical to US security have suffered “enormous damage” at the hands of the Trump administration, US President-elect Joe Biden has said.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-55470625

Game of Thrones games maker dies ‘after poisoning’


A Chinese tycoon who died on Christmas Day was poisoned, Shanghai police say. Lin Qi, 39, was the chairman and chief executive of games developer Yoozoo, best known for the Game of Thrones: Winter Is Coming strategy game.

https://www.bbc.com/news/business-55463081