A New York lab confirmed the state’s first known case of a patient infected with the Brazilian COVID-19 variant, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced on Saturday, the same day the state reached a vaccination milestone: one in every four New Yorkers has received at least one dose of the vaccine.
The P.1 variant is the latest in a series of COVID-19 strains detected in the Empire State. Doctors at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City detected the variant in a Brooklyn resident in their 90s with no travel history, Cuomo said Saturday. He added that the DOH and city’s department of health is investigating the case.
“While
→ Continue reading at NBC New York
