The first U.S. cases of a coronavirus variant that recently emerged in South Africa have been confirmed in South Carolina, the state's Department of Health and Environmental Control said on Thursday.
The department said that "there is no known travel history and no connection between these two cases."
Both cases are adults, with one from the Lowcountry and the other from the Pee Dee region, according to the department.
The B.1.351 variant has been identified in more than 30 countries, but these are the first cases of this variant identified in the United States.
