UpdatedWed, Jan 27, 2021 at 4:01 pm ET
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Worries about a faster-spreading variant of the coronavirus at the University of Michigan has prompted officials to urge students to stay home until Feb. 7. (Shutterstock)
ANN ARBOR, MI — The Washtenaw County Health Department recommends that all University of Michigan students living on or near the Ann Arbor campus shelter in place until Feb. 7 to help slow the spread of the coronavirus, including the faster-spreading variant called "B.1.1.7."
Students should remain at their campus-area addresses and not gather with others beyond members of their household, the department said in a news release issued Wednesday. Students should leave their residences only to participate in limited activities, the department added. The stay-in-place recommendation begins Wednesday.