Michigan health officials identify first case of COVID-19 variant B.1.351 in Jackson County

Michigan confirms first case of South African COVID variant in Jackson County
Variant first detected in South Africa in October; case in Michigan identified in a child
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LANSING, Mich. – The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services announced that the first case of the COVID-19 variant B.1.351 has been identified in a child in Jackson County.
The health department did not say how the boy was infected but a case investigation is underway to determine close contacts and if there are additional cases associated.
This new variant was originally detected in South Africa in October 2020 and shares some mutations with the B117 variant. The first case of the B117 variant -- originally detected in the United Kingdom -- was identified in Washtenaw County.

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