events
COVID-19 pandemic: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announces that the SARS-CoV-2 Alpha variant has become the dominant strain of COVID-19 in the United States.
Related Wikipedia articles
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
United States government public health agency
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is the national public health agency of the United States. It is a United States federal agency under the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
SARS-CoV-2 Alpha variant
Variant of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19
The Alpha variant (B.1.1.7) was a SARS-CoV-2 variant of concern. It was estimated to be 40–80% more transmissible than the wild-type SARS-CoV-2. Scientists more widely took note of this variant in early December 2020, when a phylogenetic tree showing viral sequences from Kent,…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
COVID-19
Contagious disease caused by SARS-CoV-2
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a contagious disease caused by the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. In January 2020, the disease spread worldwide, resulting in the COVID-19 pandemic.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
April 7
Day of the year
April 7 is the 97th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 268 days remain until the end of the year.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)