Yale School of Public Health alumna Sumaira Akbarzada, M.P.H. '21, leads a team of workers helping Afghan evacuees get tested for COVID-19 when they arrive in
By Michael Greenwood
January 8, 2021
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Gov. Ned Lamont on Jan. 7 announced that Yale researchers in collaboration with the Connecticut Department of Public Health (DPH) detected the first two cases of the SARS-CoV-2 variant B.1.1.7 in the state. This is the same variant initially discovered in the United Kingdom that is associated with increased transmission.
According to the DPH, the individuals both reside in New Haven County and recently traveled outside Connecticut one to Europe and one to the state of New York. Genetic sequencing of the virus confirmed that the cases were unrelated.
Gov. Ned Lamont on Jan. 7 announced that Yale researchers in collaboration with the Connecticut Department of Public Health (DPH) detected the first two.