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COVID-19 variant found in Mobile County patient

Posted by Dale Liesch | Feb 17, 2021 | Latest, News | 0 |

A variant of COVID-19 first identified in the United Kingdom has been found in a Mobile County adult, according to a statement from the Mobile County Health Department.

The variant, known as B.1.1.7 was identified in a Mobile County resident for the first time. The patient has not traveled out of state recently, according to the statement.

This was confirmed as other cases of the variant have been identified in Montgomery and Jefferson counties, according to the Alabama Department of Public Health. This particular variant is more contagious than the original strain and has now been detected in 1,277 cases across 44 states.

The MCHD urges residents to continue proper handwashing, practice social distancing and to wear face coverings, per Gov. Kay Ivey Safer at Home order.

Studies suggest current vaccines available in the United States work against the variant, according to the MCHD statement. If you’ve previously been infected with COVID-19, you may still be at risk of contracting the variant.

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Dale Liesch

Dale Liesch

Dale Liesch has been a reporter at Lagniappe since February 2014. He covers all aspects of the city of Mobile, including the mayor, City Council, the Mobile Housing Board of Commissioners, GulfQuest National Maritime Museum of the Gulf of Mexico and others. He studied journalism at The University of Alabama and graduated in 2007. He came to Lagniappe, after several years in the newspaper industry. He achieved the position of news editor at The Alexander City Outlook before moving to Virginia and then subsequently moving back a few years later. He has a number of Alabama and Virginia Press association awards to his name. He grew up in the wilderness of Baldwin County, among several different varieties of animals including: dogs, cats, ducks, chickens, a horse and an angry goat. He now lives in the Oakleigh neighborhood of Mobile with his wife, Hillary, and daughter, Joan. The family currently has no goats, angry or otherwise, but is ruled by the whims of two very energetic dogs.

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