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First US case of Omicron found in California

2021-12-01 00:00:00

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say the omicron variant of the coronavirus in the U.S. has been found in a person in California.

From NBC News:

The CDC issued a statement that the California and San Francisco Departments of Public Health confirmed the case in a traveler who returned from South Africa on November 22.

"The individual, who was fully vaccinated and had mild symptoms that are improving, is self-quarantining and has been since testing positive," the statement read.

The variant, which was first detected in southern Africa last week, has a high number of mutations that suggest it may spread just as or more easily than the delta variant, which currently accounts for 99.9 percent of Covid-19 cases in the U.S.
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