Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, Bureau of Laboratories has released (at GISAID) a UK Variant B.1.1.7 SARS CoV2 sequence, USA/MI-MDHHS-SC23042/2021, collected Jan 8.

 

B.1.1.7. was identified in Michigan in an adult female living in Washtenaw County by the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) Bureau of Laboratories on Jan. 16.

https://www.wnem.com/news/first-case-of-new-covid-19-variant-identified-in-michigan/article_da6f19d2-5839-11eb-9693-1b17e12f133a.html

Edited January 16, 20215 yr by niman

USA/MI-MDHHS-SC23042/2021 1/8 matched B.1.1.7 with Q27 stop codon in NS8.

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Edited January 16, 20215 yr by niman

The first case of new COVID-19 variant, B.1.1.7. was identified in Michigan in an adult female living in Washtenaw County by the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) Bureau of Laboratories on Jan. 16.

The female recently traveled to the where this variant originated, the United Kingdom. Close contacts of the individual are in quarantine.

Two new cases have been identified from close contacts with the person at this time, but it is unknown if they are infected with this specific variant.

B.1.1.7. is believed by experts to be more contagious, but there has been no indication the disease severity compared to the SARS-CoV-2 virus that has been in the United States.

https://www.wnem.com/news/first-case-of-new-covid-19-variant-identified-in-michigan/article_da6f19d2-5839-11eb-9693-1b17e12f133a.html

Most of the seven people who've contracted the virus since having close contact with the Washtenaw County woman live in connected households, said Susan Ringler Cerniglia, a spokeswoman for the county health department. It still isn't known whether they, too, have the B.1.1.7 variant. 

The Michigan Bureau of Laboratories is working on whole genome sequencing of their test samples to determine whether all eight people have the UK variant — a complex process that can take a week to complete. 

"Everyone connected is in isolation or quarantine, as appropriate, and being monitored," Ringler Cerniglia told the Free Press Tuesday.

The woman who has the confirmed case of the B.1.1.7 variant had a negative coronavirus test Jan. 1 in the United Kingdom, prior to traveling to the United States, Ringler Cerniglia said.

https://www.freep.com/story/news/health/2021/01/19/7-covid-19-cases-tied-washtenaw-county-woman-who-has-uk-variant/4211879001/