New York has confirmed its first case of the UK COVID-19 variant on Monday in a man who has no known travel history.
“The Wadsworth Lab has confirmed New York State’s first case of the U.K. variant (B.1.1.7) of the virus that causes COVID. An individual from Saratoga County, New York, tested positive for the strain. The individual had no known travel history,” Gov. Andrew Cuomo, a Democrat, said in a statement.
