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1. Malta reports the first case of 501.V2 variant first detected in South Africa.
   2021-02-17 05:05:42 (First version)
2. Palestine reports their first cases of the B.1.1.7 variant first detected in the United Kingdom in 139 people from the West Bank.
   2024-04-19 02:02:40 (Update)
3. Malta reports their first case of the 501.V2 variant first detected in South Africa.
   2024-04-19 02:02:40 (Update)
4. Massachusetts reports their first case of the 501.V2 variant first detected in South Africa in a woman in her 20s from Middlesex County.
   (Current version)

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