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DOC AMA: Brazilian COVID-19 Variant Found In San Diego, LA And OC Poised To Move Into Orange Tier Soon

By AirTalk Staff
Published Mar 25, 2021
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - MARCH 24: Resident Hanna Nasi is visited by daughter Surab Nasrallah on the first day of in-room family member visits at the Ararat Nursing Facility in the Mission Hills neighborhood on March 24, 2021 in Los Angeles, California. 80 percent of residents were vaccinated and in-room family member visits are once again permitted at the skilled nursing facility amid eased COVID-19 restrictions. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
Resident Hanna Nasi is visited by daughter Surab Nasrallah on the first day of in-room family member visits at the Ararat Nursing Facility in the Mission Hills neighborhood on March 24, 2021 in Los Angeles, California.
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In our continuing series looking at the latest medical research and news on COVID-19, Larry Mantle speaks with Dr. Dean Blumberg from UC Davis. 

Topics today include:

  • Brazilian coronavirus variant detected in San Diego 

  • LA, Orange counties may move to Orange tier — what will reopen? 

  • ‘Variants of concern’ made up majority of L.A. County coronavirus samples tested this past week 

  • California's COVID-19 numbers are low. But hot spots are emerging in other parts of the country 

Guest:

Dean Blumberg, M.D., professor of medicine and chief of Pediatric Infectious Diseases at UC Davis Children’s Hospital