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Oh shit—British 
traveler visits Japan 
and violates quarantine upon arrival—decides to go out to restaurants instead. Infects 2 other people with #COVID19 while going out. And guess which damn #SARSCoV2 strain it was? 
the #B117 variant from UK. 
https://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXZQODG101UZ0Q1A110C2000000
traveler visits Japan and violates quarantine upon arrival—decides to go out to restaurants instead. Infects 2 other people with #COVID19 while going out. And guess which damn #SARSCoV2 strain it was? the #B117 variant from UK. https://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXZQODG101UZ0Q1A110C2000000
2) Kudos to fast action of Japanese epidemiologists. Japan also helped Brazil 
identify the new worrisome B11248 variant in 4 passengers flying from Brazil. Why is it worrisome? Because it has the bad E484K variant. #COVID19 https://twitter.com/drericding/status/1348606324901359619
also helped Brazil identify the new worrisome B11248 variant in 4 passengers flying from Brazil. Why is it worrisome? Because it has the bad E484K variant. #COVID19 https://twitter.com/drericding/status/1348606324901359619
3) after the above quarantine breakage incident, and new U.K. #b117 variant, Japan now halting all foreign arrivals. https://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/asia-today-japan-halts-foreign-arrivals-uk-variant-74919836
now halting all foreign arrivals. https://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/asia-today-japan-halts-foreign-arrivals-uk-variant-74919836
4) As result of the news from Japan of the Brazil variant, WHO chief Dr Tedros steps out with a warning for the world. https://twitter.com/drericding/status/1348710699036516355
