MDHHS emphasizes importance of testing as new COVID-19 variant cases identified
Mary OConnell
and last updated 2021-01-25 10:37:39-05
LANSING, Mich. â The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services is emphasizing the importance of COVID-19 testing with additional cases of the variant B.1.1.7 detected in a Wayne County resident and among people associated with the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.
The state identified a variant case Monday in a man living in Wayne County through a test, a news release said.
Bureau of Laboratories tests also identified the variant in two women associated with U-M, which previously had three B.1.1.7 cases identified.
A Wayne County man tested positive for the B.1.1.7 coronavirus variant, state officials said Saturday.
A spokesman for the Wayne County Health Department, Michael McElrath, said Wayne County s case is separate and not connected with other B.1.1.7 variant cases from Washtenaw County. Officials are not releasing what city the Wayne County variant case comes from.
The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services Bureau of Laboratories tested specimen samples and figured out the man had the B.1.1.7 variant on Saturday.
There are now coronavirus variant cases associated with Wayne County and Washtenaw County. The new coronavirus variant transmits more easily, which can lead to more cases of COVID-19 and hospitalizations, Michigan State Police said in a news release.
More cases of COVID-19 variant found in Wayne County, at U-M
The Laboratory found the variant in specimens from two adult women associated with U-M. Previously, the university had three cases of the variant identified.
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The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) announced Saturday that more cases of the new, highly-contagious COVID-19 variant have been founded in a Wayne County resident and among people associated with the University of Michigan (U-M) in Ann Arbor.
MDHHS reiterates importance of COVID-19 testing as more cases of B.1.1.7 variant detected at U-M and in Wayne County resident
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Jan. 23, 2021
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LANSING, MICH. The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) is emphasizing the importance of COVID-19 testing with additional cases of the variant B.1.1.7 detected in a Wayne County resident and among people associated with the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.
Today MDHHS identified a variant case in an adult male who lives in Wayne County through a specimen sent to the department’s Bureau of Laboratories. The laboratory also detected the variant in specimens from two adult females associated with the U-M, which previously had three B.1.1.7 cases identified.
and last updated 2021-01-18 22:24:44-05
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. â Health officials in West Michigan are preparing for a new, more contagious strain of COVID-19.
The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services announced Saturday it had identified the first case of âB.1.1.7â in Washtenaw County.
âWeâre watching it,â said Mercy Health St. Maryâs division chief of infectious disease Dr. Andrew Jameson. âWeâre certainly not looking forward to it and would love to avoid it.â
Jameson says itâs possible the new variant may already be in West Michigan.
âItâs probably here already,â he said. âOur hope is that it doesnât get ingrained and have a rapid spread like it has in other parts of the country.â