White House has warned governors about the ‘US variant’ of COVID-19, but no such discovery has been made

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has fired reports from the White House’s Coronavirus Task Force, warning states about a more communicable, homemade “American variant” of coronavirus – a misconception that began with a call to governors. an administrative official told CNN. .

Officials on the governors’ visit discussed whether the steep slope in cases of coronavirus may be due to a potential American variant, similar to a variant first identified by genetics in the UK.

But the official made it very clear that U.S. health officials had not determined that an American variant of the virus existed. It was discussed whether U.S. health officials should investigate whether an American variant exists and can do the identification. But so far, the official has warned that no such identification has taken place yet.

Warnings about the variant make it out of written January 3 reports sent to states and obtained by CNN. The reports warned of the possibility of a “US variant” of COVID-19.

“This autumn / winter boom has almost twice the increase in cases such as spring and summer. This acceleration suggests that there may be an American variant that has developed here, in addition to the British variant that is already in our communities and can 50% more transmissible, “said CNN’s reports, calling for” aggressive mitigation … to suit a much more aggressive virus. “

The pandemic continues to rage as the country draws its attention to the uprising at the US Capitol and the ratification of the election of President Joe Biden, and the task force continues to warn states about ‘aggressive dispersal of the community’ after the holidays .

“The United States remains at a high plateau of 140-150,000 confirmed and suspected COVID surveys per week and 120-125,000 total inpatients. Significant continuous decline, from California across the Sunbelt and into the Southeast, Mid-Atlantic and Northeast , despite low test figures during the holidays, indicates an aggressive distribution of the community, ”read the task force reports.

The task force’s reports also called for outpatient monoclonal antibody treatment works available immediately to save lives.

And while the country is struggling to quickly immunize Americans, reports say vaccines must now be ‘in the arms’.

“Do not delay the rapid vaccination of persons over 65 and vulnerable to serious diseases; recommend the establishment of high-throughput vaccination sites with the help of EMT staff to monitor for possible anaphylaxis and full utilization of nursing students. No vaccines may be placed in freezers. “but should now take up arms; active and aggressive vaccination in the light of this boom would save lives,” the reports read.

This week, California is the state with the most new cases per 100,000 population, followed by Arizona, Kansas, Tennessee, Rhode Island, Utah, Arkansas, West Virginia, Georgia and Massachusetts in the top 10.

Test positivity, an indication of increasing cases, is highest in Oklahoma, followed by Nevada, Arizona, Utah, Idaho, Virginia, Tennessee, Georgia, South Carolina and Alabama.

Arkansas has the most hospital admissions per 100 beds, followed by Arizona, Maryland, Oklahoma, Georgia, Kentucky, California, District of Columbia, South Carolina and New Mexico.

And Kansas has the most new deaths per 100,000 population, followed by Wyoming, Pennsylvania, New Mexico, Arkansas, Indiana, Mississippi, Arizona, Tennessee and Rhode Island.

This story has been updated to reflect that the CDC dropped the warnings about the ‘Coronavirus Task Force’ in the White House over an ‘American variant’.