(Office of the Governor) â The Commonwealth Healthcare Corp. and the Governorâs Covid-19 Task Force recently received confirmation that a Covid-19 specimen sent in May 2021 to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) was identified as the alpha variant, B.1.1.7.
There is no current risk to the public.
The specimen came from a traveler who tested positive upon arrival in April from Guam. The traveler was quarantined and had only one contact who also tested positive for Covid-19, but was not identified as a variant. The first reports of variants in Guam were from specimens collected between January and April 2021.
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