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Montana DPHHS monitoring growth in COVID variants
and last updated 2021-07-09 20:27:00-04
HELENA â Montana public health leaders say theyâre closely watching the growing number of COVID-19 cases linked to variants of the virus, but it isnât changing their recommendations for the public.
The Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services released an updated report July 7, outlining 646 COVID-19 cases that have been linked to specific âvariants of interestâ or âvariants of concern.â Those are strains believed to be transmitted more easily from person to person or more likely to lead to severe symptoms.
Magdalena Scott, supervisor of DPHHSâ Communicable Disease Epidemiology Section, says they began having COVID samples analyzed for variants about three months ago, working with partners like the CDC, the University of Montana and Montana State University. She says the most notable variants have been identified in multiple locations acro
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