COVID-19 variant surfaces in US

The highly-infectious COVID-19 variant that emerged in the UK has been confirmed in the US state of Colorado.

The patient, a man in his 20s with no recent travel history, is currently in isolation.

State health officials said they were working to identify contacts and other potential cases of the new variant.

It came as US president-elect Joe Biden criticised the Trump administration’s distribution of vaccines.

he said the programme was falling behind schedule.