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3:19 PM 2/1/2021 Watch: CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky says it is likely there is ‘community spread’ of the South Africa virus variant in the U.S. "It is likely the United States is experiencing community spread of the  COVID-19  virus variant that was first discovered in South Africa. The first two cases of the variant were diagnosed in South Carolina  on Thursday ."   From:   AssociatedPress Duration:  02:15 The head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says new COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations are down in recent weeks, but three mutations that are causing concern have been detected in the U.S. (Feb. 1) Subscribe for more Breaking News:  http://smarturl.it/AssociatedPress Website:  https://apnews.com Twitter:  https://twitter.com/AP Facebook:  https://facebook.com/APNews Google+:  https://plus.google.com/115892241801867723374 Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/APNews/ ​ You can license this story through AP Archive:  http://www.aparchive.com/metadata

The News And Times Blogs Network - newsandtimes.net The News And Times Information Network - newsandtimes.net 1:23 PM 2/1/2021 South African Coronavirus variant with no travel history in England - one more indication that this variant is "local", of the "community origin", and of the " sustained  community  transmission", just like so many other variants and in so many other and various locations. These facts prompt us to review the basic postulates of the Covid-19 as the travel driven phenomenon and they might indicate the universally present  internal, "local", innate origins of this putative infection rather than acquired from the extraneous sources. This dichotomy is of course extremely important and has to be researched very thoroughly. It has the enormous implications for the understanding of the "Covid-19 Pandemic" and its correct, efficient, and the evidence based management.  Michael Novakhov  South African Coronavirus variant

3:04 AM 2/1/2021 – AP – The Day – 5,000 arrested at anti-Putin protests across Russia Michael_Novakhov shared this story . The News And Times Blogs Network - newsandtimes.net The News And Times Information Network - newsandtimes.net The Day – 5,000 arrested at anti-Putin protests across Russia Monday February 1 st , 2021  at  2:54 AM MOSCOW (AP) — Chanting slogans against President Vladimir Putin, tens of thousands took to the streets Sunday across Russia to demand the release of jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny, keeping up nationwide protests that have rattled the Kremlin. More than 5,100 people were detained by police, according to a monitoring group, and some were beaten. The massive protests came despite efforts by Russian authorities to stem the tide of demonstrations after tens of thousands rallied across the country last weekend in the largest, most widespread show of discontent that Russia had seen in years. Despite threats of jail terms, warnings to social media groups