{"id":139732,"date":"2021-03-29T11:12:40","date_gmt":"2021-03-29T02:12:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=139732&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2021-03-29T11:13:35","modified_gmt":"2021-03-29T02:13:35","slug":"covid-variant-detected-in-four-female-patients-in-fukuoka","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/covid-variant-detected-in-four-female-patients-in-fukuoka\/","title":{"rendered":"COVID Variant Detected in Four Female Patients in Fukuoka"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On Mar. 24, Fukuoka Prefecture reported the first detection of a new variant of the new coronavirus in the region. A coronavirus strain first found in the U.K. was detected in four female patients aged between thirty and seventy. Those women reportedly had contacts recently and have no history of traveling abroad. <\/span><b>Source:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/kbc.co.jp\/news\/article.php?id=6737822&amp;ymd=2021-03-25\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">KBC<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \/ <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www3.nhk.or.jp\/fukuoka-news\/20210324\/5010011336.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NHK<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \/ <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/rkb.jp\/news\/001692.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">RKB<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/tag\/corona\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">#fukuokacorona<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-139733\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/corona-Mae-24.jpg?resize=1024%2C576&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/corona-Mae-24.jpg?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/corona-Mae-24.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/corona-Mae-24.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/corona-Mae-24.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b><i>Disclaimer<\/i><\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Fukuoka Now posts summaries of Kyushu area news for those who cannot read Japanese. 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