Health officials push importance of testing after COVID variant outbreak at University of Michigan
‘It’s a bummer,’ student says of sports hiatus, ‘but it’s definitely the right thing to do.’
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Five cases of the highly-contagious variant B.1.1.7 are linked to the university’s athletics department.
School officials said they are doing everything they can to prevent the spread after one student tested positive.
Some students at the University aren’t too thrilled at the fact that sports have been suspended due to the new variant of coronavirus.
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“It’s definitely a bummer,” said student Christie Gillies. “The variant is in our county, so it’s definitely the right thing to do. As president Schlissel was saying, if it’s in this county, then it’s definitely at our school. It’s just a matter of time.”
Michigan restaurants were officially given the green light to reopen for indoor dining beginning Feb. 1 a welcome sign for the thousands of people who have struggled with the back-and-forth bar and restaurant closures.
Officials said the cases were identified in two woman living in the county and were in close contact with the first woman who was diagnosed with the variant, known as B.1.1.7.
Michigan officials have identified then state’s first case of a new coronavirus variant, believed to be more contagious, in an infected individual living in Washtenaw County.