新闻视频：瑞士发现一种传染性极高的变异(variant)新冠病毒

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[Covid Variants Spread in US and Europe]

The number of COVID-19 cases worldwide is now over 95 million, with more than 2 million deaths. In the US, the more contagious variant first detected in the UK has been found in at least 10 US states. California has become the first state to reach 3 million coronavirus infections yesterday as the pandemic continues to set records across the country.

In Germany, another variant of the coronavirus was detected in 35 patients at a Bavarian hospital. Doctors found this strain to be different than the one discovered in the UK, though they cannot tell if it is also more infectious than regular strains. In Switzerland, 300 employees and 95 guests at two luxury hotels in the mountain resort of Saint Moritz were placed in quarantine yesterday after a dozen people tested positive. Samples have yet to be genetically sequenced to determine whether this is a variant strain such as the ones discovered in the UK, South Africa or Germany. Authorities have closed ski schools and school children are being kept at home.

【以下为中文新闻稿，非翻译稿】

全球累计确诊超9557万例，死亡204万余人。美国累计确诊超2407万例。

同时，变异病毒仍在持续传播。据德国媒体昨天报道，巴伐利亚州一家医院，有35人感染一种新型变异病毒，与此前在英国、南非和巴西发现的变异病毒均不相同，目前还不清楚这种病毒是否具有特殊传染性。

此外，因有十余人被确诊感染一种传染性极高的变异病毒，瑞士圣莫里茨度假区两家高级酒店共300名员工和95名住户已被隔离，滑雪学校暂时关闭，研究人员目前尚未对变异毒株进行基因测序。