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COVINGTON, Ky., Jan. 28, 2021 /PRNewswire/ On Tuesday, January 26
th, Governor Andy Beshear s office announced that the first two cases of a more contagious variant of coronavirus, first identified in the United Kingdom, have been confirmed in Kentucky. Local Covington-based Gravity Diagnostics began coordinating with the Kentucky Department of Health weeks ago to submit specimens with a unique detection pattern for sequence analysis. This led to the discovery announced on Tuesday by Beshear s office. Dr. Steven Stack, commissioner for public health for the Commonwealth of Kentucky, thanked the laboratory during the Governor s press conference Wednesday afternoon.
Background from Gravity Diagnostics on detection of SARS-CoV-2 emerging variants
Cady Stribling
cstribling1@murraystate.edu
The University’s COVID-19 response team made two significant changes over winter break. Rapid testing is now available on campus and the required quarantine period for those exposed to the virus has decreased.
Director of Communication Shawn Touney said the quarantine policy was changed from a 14-day quarantine period to a seven to 10-day period.
“Due to the CDC’s updated quarantine policies, in consultation with our local health department, Dr. Bob Hughes, chief medical officer, state officials and others, we have updated our quarantine period from 14 days to seven-10 days, depending on the type of test administered,” Touney said.
The Medical Center at Bowling Green is partnering with the Kentucky Department of Public Health to be a COVID vaccine administration site for healthcare personnel who desire to be vaccinated