State Epidemiologist comments on new strains of COVID-19

Dr. Jared Taylor, State Epidemiologist, released the following statement regarding new strains of the COVID-19 virus:

“To date, no signifi cant presence of new variants of the COVID-19 virus have been confi rmed by laboratory testing in Oklahoma. However, some initial test results have been identifi ed that might be consistent with one of the new strains.

Recently, a small group of samples obtained …