‘Mu’ COVID-19 Variant Now Found In 49 U.S. States
A new COVID-19 variant has been found in 49 U.S. states. The variant has also been found in four dozen other countries. Known as the “mu” variant, this strain of the disease could potentially be more transmissible than the delta variant and could be vaccine-resistant, according to health officials. Almost four hundred mu cases were detected in California, making it the state with the highest number of this latest variant, and 167 of those cases were in L.A. county. “The identification of variants like mu, and the spreading of variants across the globe, highlights the need for L.A. County resid...