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New COVID variant presence unknown in Pitkin County as cases rise

New COVID variant presence unknown in Pitkin County as cases rise

A healthcare provider puts a fit-tested mask over her face before her next patient.Kelsey Brunner/The Aspen Times archives It is unknown whether the newest COVID-19 variant NB.1.8.1, also known by the nickname “razor throat” for one of its defining symptoms, is present in Pitkin County as local summer cases increase. After Colorado confirmed the presence of this variant in the …

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