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Officials in Washtenaw County are asking students at the University of Michigan to stay in place through February 7. The recommendation comes after cases of COVID-19 have started spreading quickly amongst the university community. That includes 14 cases of the new B.1.1.7 variant, which is believed to be approximately 50 percent more transmissible. The recommendation is that all undergrad, graduate and professional students enrolled in the university that are currently living in Washtenaw Cou...

UpdatedWed, Jan 27, 2021 at 4:01 pm ET Reply Worries about a faster-spreading variant of the coronavirus at the University of Michigan has prompted officials to urge students to stay home until Feb. 7. (Shutterstock) ANN ARBOR, MI — The Washtenaw County Health Department recommends that all University of Michigan students living on or near the Ann Arbor campus shelter in place until Feb. 7 to help slow the spread of the coronavirus, including the faster-spreading variant called "B.1.1.7." St...

University of Michigan students living on or near the Ann Arbor campus are being advised by the Washtenaw County Health Department to "stay in place" to stop the spread of the more contagious variant of COVID-19.The health department is "recommending" that undergraduate, graduate and professional…

All University of Michigan students in the Ann Arbor area are being advised to stay in place as the Washtenaw County health department tries to contain a

University of Michigan in Ann Arbor issues stay-home recommendation due to COVID-19 variant David Jesse and Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press First COVID-19 vaccines administered at University of Michigan Replay Video UP NEXT All students on the University of Michigans Ann Arbor campus are being told to stay home, except for a handful of in-person classes, for the next two weeks. The school asked students to limit their time outside their residence following a recommen...

© Getty Images Students at The University of Michigan are being asked to stay home for 10 days in an effort to slow the spread of COVID-19, including the B.1.1.7 variant that was first discovered in the U.K. The Washtenaw County Health Department is recommending students living on or near the campus in Ann Arbor stay in place, through Feb. 7, the school said in a statement Wednesday. Students can leave their residence to participate in activities like in-person classes, work or research that...

Washtenaw County asks U-M students to stay home after mutated Covid strain spread By Anna Liz Nichols ANN ARBOR, Mich. - The University of Michigan and the Washtenaw County Health Department asked students Wednesday to avoid leaving their residences to slow the spread of COVID-19 and a more contagious variant. There have been 175 COVID-19 cases in the student population since the new semester started on Jan. 19 and 14 of those cases have been a variant, according to a news release from the Wash...