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Could 'Worrisome' new COVID-19 strains threaten progress?
Clip: 2/26/2021 | 4m 46sVideo has Closed Captions
New threats of a surge in COVID-19 cases loom due to worrisome variants being detected.
The Department of Health says more than 50 cases of the variant first detected in the UK have been found in the state. And leaders assume a troublesome new variant detected in New York is already circulating in New Jersey. How tough will it be to fend off dangerous new variants? Anchor Briana Vannozzi asked Rutgers University professor of medicine and infectious disease Dr. Martin Blaser.
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Could 'Worrisome' new COVID-19 strains threaten progress?
Clip: 2/26/2021 | 4m 46sVideo has Closed Captions
The Department of Health says more than 50 cases of the variant first detected in the UK have been found in the state. And leaders assume a troublesome new variant detected in New York is already circulating in New Jersey. How tough will it be to fend off dangerous new variants? Anchor Briana Vannozzi asked Rutgers University professor of medicine and infectious disease Dr. Martin Blaser.
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