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The subject line on the email read: Extremely Important P.1 Variant Identified in Bay County. This is the first of this variant identified in Michigan to date, read the message, dated March 31 and sent from Melanie Perry, an epidemiologist at the Michigan health department, to Bay County health officials.
Believed to be about two times more contagious than earlier strains of COVID-19, the P.1 coronavirus variant originated in the Amazon in November 2020.
It s a concern not only because it s more contagious, but also because monoclonal antibody treatments are less effective in people with the P.1 variant, which has 17 unique mutations. The strain also is known to reinfect people who ve already had COVID-19, studies have shown.
Melanie Berry named Outstanding Graduating Student at University of Maine - Belfast - Waldo villagesoup.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from villagesoup.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Thirteen undergraduates have been named 2021 Outstanding Graduating Students at the University of Maine.
Among them is Bailey West, the Outstanding Graduating Student in the College of Natural Sciences, Forestry, and Agriculture, and in the Honors College, and the 2021 valedictorian. Her profile story is online. Short biographies of the other UMaine Outstanding Graduating Students follow:
Photo taken in adherence with health and safety guidelinesMelanie Berry
Melanie Berry
Melanie Berry of Morrill, Maine is the Outstanding Graduating Student in the University of Maine Division of Lifelong Learning. The Dexter native will receive a Bachelor of University Studies with a minor in psychology. Her numerous awards during her UMaine years include the Nontraditional Student Scholarship, the Alpha One Powering Education Scholarship and the Adult Degree Scholarship. Berry is a human resources associate with athenahealth in Belfast, where she has worked full time since 2009. She started tak