Two UK Variant B.1.1.7 COVID Sequence From Washtenaw County Michigan

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January 22, 20215 yr

The two B.1.1.7 sequences described below have not been released. the will be assigned UNK numbers, which will be updated upon release.

USA/MI-MDHHS-UNK131/2021 Washtenaw Co
USA/MI-MDHHS-UNK132/2021 Washtenaw Co

USA/MI-UM-10037887503/2021 1/18 Ann Arbor Michigan
USA/MI-UM-10037887541/2021 1/18 Ann Arbor Michigan

Additional cases of B.1.1.7. have been identified in two adult females living in Washtenaw County who were in close contact with the first person in Michigan to be diagnosed with the COVID-19 variant. All three individuals are associated with the University of Michigan.

The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) and Washtenaw County Health Department are announcing detection at the U-M laboratory of the two additional variant cases. The cases were among individuals who were close contacts of an adult woman living in Washtenaw County who tested positive for the variant after traveling to the United Kingdom, where B.1.1.7 originated.

MDHHS announced the first case of the variant on Saturday. A total of seven additional cases are linked to that case. It is not yet known whether five other close contacts who have tested positive for COVID-19 are infected with the variant. All eight were directed to isolate.

https://www.michigan.gov/minewswire/0,4629,7-136-46371-550203--,00.html

Edited January 22, 20215 yr by niman