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Japanese Health Ministry Finds New COVID-19 Variant

January 11, 2021

By Αssociated Press

Kimono-clad women pose for a selfie while visiting a Shinto Shrine as they celebrate Coming-of-Age, turning 20 years old, the traditional age of adulthood in Japan, Monday, Jan. 11, 2021, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)

Kimono-clad women pose for a selfie while visiting a Shinto Shrine as they celebrate Coming-of-Age, turning 20 years old, the traditional age of adulthood in Japan, Monday, Jan. 11, 2021, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)

TOKYO — The Japanese Health Ministry has found a coronavirus variant in people arriving from Brazil that’s different from the ones in Britain and South Africa.

The variant was found in four people tested at the airport, the ministry said Sunday. Japan was working with other nations, the World Health Organization and other medical experts to analyze the variant.

The previously identified variants from Britain and South Africa are more contagious, but the behavior of this variant and the illness it causes are not yet known.

The Tokyo area has been under a state of emergency since Friday to try to stop the spread of the virus. Japan has had about 4,000 deaths related to COVID-19 so far, and more than 280,000 confirmed cases.

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