The P.1 variant described below has not been released. The assigned UNK number will be updated upon release.

USA/OR-CDC-2-3846542/2021

USA/OR-OHSU-UNK1004/2021 Douglas County Oregon

Dr. Bob Dannenhoffer, our Douglas County Public Health Officer, has confirmed the first positive case related to the COVID-19 P.1 variant in Douglas County. This cases marks the first case of the P.1 variant in Oregon, as well as the first case on the west coast of the United States. There have only been 10 other cases of the P.1 variant reported in the United States, in Minnesota (2), Florida (5), Oklahoma (1), Alaska (1) and Maryland (1). The P.1 variant confirmed last night from a swab sent to the U.S. Center for Disease Control (CDC) for genome sequence testing, appears to be related to business travel outside the United States to and from Brazil.

http://www.douglascountyor.us/apps/media_room/coronavirus/press_releases/3-02-2021 DCCRT DAILY UPDATE COVID-19.pdf

Edited March 6, 20215 yr by niman

USA/OR-OHSU-UNK1004/2021 Douglas County Oregon

USA/OR-CDC-2-3846542/2021

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Edited March 6, 20215 yr by niman