Minnesota Man With Omicron Variant Attended Anime Convention, Officials Say
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The man diagnosed with the first Midwest case of the new omicron COVID variant recently attended a convention in New York City, Minnesota health officials confirmed.
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The man diagnosed with the first Midwest case of the new omicron COVID variant recently attended a convention in New York City, Minnesota health officials confirmed.
NEW YORK (AP) — A man who attended an anime convention in New York City in late November tested positive for the omicron variant of the coronavirus when he returned
A man who attended an anime convention in New York City in late November tested positive for the omicron variant of the coronavirus when he returned home to Minnesota, marking the second case of the variant in the U.S.
Minnesota on Thursday reported an omicron case in a person who recently traveled to New York City for an anime convention, marking the second known instance of the variant first detected in South Africa and another sign the strain is probably lurking in several corners of the U.S.
Officials said they found the virus variant in a test sample from a man who had recently traveled to New York City for Anime NYC 2021 convention at the Javits Center.
While there are no cases of the variant in New York yet, “we are very cognizant of the fact that it’s very likely soon that someone is going to test positive for this,” Gov. Kathy Hochul says…
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