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State's first cases of South African COVID-19 variant identified in Bay Area

Original post made on Feb 11, 2021

The Stanford Clinical Virology Lab identified two cases of the variant, one each in Santa Clara and Alameda counties. The Santa Clara County case involved a person who had returned from international travel in mid-January.

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Posted by acomfort
a resident of Menlo Park: Suburban Park/Lorelei Manor/Flood Park Triangle
on Feb 11, 2021 at 3:22 pm
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Regarding COVID-19 variant virus. There have been many reported false positive cases. Does the genomic sequencing test produce any false positives? Is this test only done in a lab? Will the normal drive through testing show a variant? Could some of the normal positives tests be the variant and not show it? Thanks.

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Posted by GStritter
a resident of Portola Valley: Los Trancos Woods/Vista Verde
on Feb 11, 2021 at 7:15 pm
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Clear, concise, understandable reporting. Kudos to the author.

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