Feb 18, 2021
IONIA, Mich. (AP) Ninety cases of a COVID-19 variant believed to be more contagious have been found in inmates and staff at a western Michigan prison, and dozens of test results are pending, officials said.
Daily testing began at the Bellamy Creek Correctional Facility, in Ionia, after a prison employee was found to have the B.1.1.7 variant, which first emerged in the United Kingdom, officials said.
Testing on 95 people found that 90 individuals 88 of them inmates had the variant, with the two other cases among prison employees, Michigan State Police announced Tuesday.
Results are pending on more than 100 lab tests conducted on others at the prison.
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IONA, Mich. â The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) has identified 90 cases of the B.1.1.7 COVID variant at the Bellamy Creek Correctional Facility in Ionia.
90 out of the 95 samples taken were found to have the variant, 88 being prisoners and two being employees. Testing was prompted after an employee was found to have the variant.
B.1.1.7 is believed to be more contagious compared to the SARS-CoV-2 virus, and as soon as it was detected in the prison daily testing was enacted.
The latest information on COVID-19 is available at Michigan.gov/Coronavirus and CDC.gov/Coronavirus. To learn more about the COVID-19 vaccine, visit Michigan.gov/COVIDVaccine.
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