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  "textContent": "In recent weeks, the country has been introduced to a new variant strain of COVID-19, officially named variant BA 3.2. The variant has been nicknamed ‘Cicada,’ and is an offshoot from the BA 3 variant strain of COVID that has not been widely circulated in close to four years. The BA 3.2 variant was first […]\n\nThe post New COVID Variant Detected in New York & US appeared first on NYCTastemakers.",
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