China reports first case of new coronavirus variant, reports CDC publication

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Residents wearing face masks wait in a queue to be tested for the Covid-19 coronavirus in Beijing on December 29, 2020. (Photo by Noel Celis / AFP)

BEIJING: China has detected its first imported case of the new coronavirus variant that is spreading rapidly around Britain, according to a publication run by the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

The variant was detected in a 23-year-old female student returning to China from Britain, who was tested in Shanghai on Dec. 14, according to the latest edition of China CDC Weekly. The case โ€œposes a great potential threat to the prevention and control of Covid-19 in Chinaโ€, the publication said. โ€” Reuters

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