New COVID variant comes as White House weakens ability to face surge

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There are fresh public health concerns in the U.S. A new COVID-19 variant, potentially more transmissible than the previous global strain, is spreading just as the Trump administration cuts public health staffing and limits recommendations on who should receive COVID vaccines. The new variant arrives amid fears the Trump administration has weakened the country’s ability to deal with a COVID surge. CGTN’s Jim Spellman reports.