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Why it matters that a Brazilian variant has been detected in Shelby County

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Although a new strain of coronavirus has been detected in Shelby County, the head of the joint COVID-19 task-force virus sequencing group said Tuesday that it is the least worrisome of two worrisome Brazilian strains. Dr. Manoj Jain, who oversees and coordinates the efforts in Shelby County to genetically sequence 100 random positive tests a week, said the University of Tennessee Health Science Center has identified the Brazilian variant known as P.2, which is similar to the P.1 variant that is also from Brazil.

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