Rhode Island has now jumped to second in the country for most cases per 100,000 population, according to
. Only New Jersey is ahead of RI.
The former head of the Food and Drug Administration under President Donald Trump is warning that a domestic strain may become problematic especially for the northeast.
Dr. Scott Gottlieb appearing on “Face the Nation” warned Sunday that the New York variant of COVID-19 could reinfect survivors of the virus and people who have been vaccinated.
Gottlieb said that the variant is known as B.1.526 and is concerning and that it is not yet known where it is causing an increase in cases in parts of New York City.
'What we don't understand with 1.526 is whether or not people are being re-infected with it and whether or not people who might have been vaccinated are now getting infected with it," said Gottlieb. New York City now has the 5th highest number of cases per 100,00.
"One of the concerns about this particular variant is that it has that mutation that's also in the South African variant, in the B.1.351 variant, that we know in certain cases is causing people who have already had coronavirus to get reinfected with it," he added. "The question is whether 1.526 is responsible for some of the increases that we're seeing in New York right now and whether this is the beginning of a new outbreak inside the city."
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