COVID-19 NYC COVID Variant Doesn’t Cause More Severe Disease or Up Reinfection Risk, CDC Says The NYC COVID variant, first identified in Nov. 2020, now makes up as much as 40% of all new cases in the city By Jennifer Millman • Published 1 hour ago • Updated 1 hour ago <div data-react-component="VideoPlayer" data-meta="{"amp_status":"","spay_email":"","syndicated_id":"1:1:6007614","should_nationalize":false,"nbc_first_published_date":"","nbc_prevent_modified_update":false,"nbc_primary_category_id":207698,"nbc_primary_tag_id":734032,"nbc_social_page_title":"","nbc_page_title":"","nbc_seo_description":"","nbc_social_description":"","nbc_national_headline":"","entities":"","nbc_canonical_market":"1","nbc_canonical_url":"","nbc_hide_from_recirculation":"","nbc_hide_from_search":"","nbc_syndication_category":"1:1:207698","nbc_national_collections":[],"nopreroll":false,"video_copyright":"NBCUniversal Media, LLC","sst_source_id":"","nbc_disable_legacy_embeds":false,"nbc_feed_loader_prevent_updates":"","desktopFlashPid":"","mpx_dfxp_url":"","mp4_url":"http://nbclim-download.edgesuite.net/Prod/NBCU_LM_VMS/995/907/DIT_OTS_NAT_NEWS_BREAKTHROUGH_INFECTION_EXPLAINER_041221_JD__047479.mp4","mpx_download_pid":"FGBrIywKZ_Js","mpx_high_id":"","mpx_high_url":"","mpx_is_livestream":"","mpx_m3upid":"","mpx_pid":"FrmybIQ2Ay6B","mpx_thumbnail_url":"https://media.nbcnewyork.com/2021/04/GettyImages-120861586-thumb.jpg?quality=85&strip=all&resize=850%2C478","pid_streaming_web_high":"zTzo_FjfNFkk","pid_streaming_web_medium":"FrmybIQ2Ay6B","subtitle":"","dfxp_url":"","video_call_letter":"NBCU LM VMS","video_captions":"","video_id":"1884386371609_251","video_length":"85252","video_provider":"mpx","alleypack_schedule_unpublish":"","feed_remote_id":"mpx_1884386371609","feed_thumbnail_url":""}" data-livestream="false" data-title="What Breakthrough Coronavirus Infections Are and How Worried You Should
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