A new variant of the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus, which is distinct from the ones found in the United Kingdom and South Africa, has been detected in Japan, the country’s health officials said on Sunday. According to Takaji Wakita, the Director-General of Japan’s National Institute of Infectious Diseases (NIID), the variant was found in four people who arrived from Brazil. It appears to be different to the highly infections strains that are blamed for recent surge in COVID-19 cases in the United Kingdom and South Africa. The infected travelers, ranging from their teens to their 40s, arrived on Jan. 2 at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport, where they tested positive for COVID-19. Three of them had shown symptoms, including difficulty breathing, fever, and sore throat. The NIID said it is difficult at this time to evaluate how transmissible the new strain is, or how likely it will lead to severe symptoms, …