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1. Colombia reports its first case of the SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant in a international traveller who arrived in Cali from the United States.
   2021-09-01 00:29:56 (First version)
2. Colombia reports its first case of the SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant in an international traveller who arrived in Cali from the United States.
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