COVID Variant Medical Detectives Deploying To San Francisco International

By CBS San Francisco Staff:

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — In an effort to get a jumpstart on any new COVID variant entering the United States, the Centers for Disease Control announced Monday it was launching a new monitoring program at San Francisco International, JFK and Newark airports to voluntarily test international travelers for new strains of the virus.

As a mRNA virus, COVID-19 is constantly evolving and changing across the world. A recent example is the Delta variant which is still creating medical havoc in some parts of the country.

Early detection will allow medical researchers to quickly begin testing how the new strains spread and react to the vaccines currently in use.

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