CDC to analyze more samples after COVID-19 variant case discovered in Martin County

Officials are not ruling out that there could be more cases of a new coronavirus strain found this week in Martin County.

MORE LOCAL CORONAVIRUS CASESCONTAINING VIRUS VARIANT FOUNDIN THE U.K. IN MARTIN COUNTY-- A NEWS CONFERENCE - WESTREAMED LIVE ON WPTV.COM -WRAPPED UP.

WPTV'S DEREK LOWEJOINS US LIVE... AND DEREK YOULEARNED HOW THIS MORECONTAGIOUS STRAIN WASDISCOVERED IN OUR AREA.LIVE TOP: TANIA -- THAT'SRIGHT.

OFFICIALS SAY THEMARTIN COUNTY MAN WHO TESTPOSTITIVE FOR THE MORECONTAGIOUS B117 STRAIN IS 23YEARS OLD AND IS NOW OUT OFISOLATION.OFFICIALS SAY WHEN HE TESTEDPOSITIVE FOR COVID -- HIS TESTRESULTS WERE SENT TO THE CDCFOR FURTHER TESTING AS PART OFA RANDOM SAMPLE.

THAT'S WHERETHE NEW STRAIN WAS DISCOVERED.OFFICIALS SAY NOT ALL PCRTESTS DETERMINE WHICH STRAOF CORONAVIRUS IS PRESENT.WHEN ASKED ABOUT WHERE HEVISITED PRIOR TO TESTINGPOSITIVE -- OFFICIALS GAVE NOANSWERS.DO YOU THINK THAT THE PUBLICHAS A RIGHT TO KNOW MAYBEWHERE HE VISITED PRIOR TTESTING POSITIVE?

HE'S AMARTIN COUNTY RESIDENT AND TOPROTECT HIS PRIVACY, THAT'S ALLI CAN SHARE WITH YOU.

SO THEPUBLIC DOES NOT HAVE A RIGTO KNOW?

MARTIN COUNTY NO.

TOPROTECT HIS PRIVACY, NO.LIVE TAG: AND OFFICIALS DIDSHARE DETAILS ABOUT MORE DOSOF THE VACCINE AND THAT SOHEALTHCARE WORKERS AREDECLINING TO TAKE IT.

I'LLHAVE MORE INFORMATION ON THATTONIGHT AT 11 BUT FOR NOWREPORTING LIVE IN MARTCOUNTY.

DEREK LOWE WPTV NC5.DOZENS OF RESIDENTS DARCY HALLASSISTED LIVING RECEIVIN