Health authorities in East China’s Shandong Province on Monday reported a coronavirus case similar to the variant detected in the UK in the coastal city of Qingdao.

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The discovery was the first imported case of the new coronavirus VUI-202012/01 mutant infection in the province, according to the Shandong provincial center for disease control and prevention.

Shandong is the third place in China to find the variant following Guangdong Province and Shanghai.

(Compiled by Zhang Jian)