First American To Contract Omicron COVID Variant Was Fully Vaccinated

On Wednesday, the first confirmed case of the so-called "omicron"(B.1.1.529) strain of COVID-19 hit the United States. The one infected with the new Omicron COVID variant was a fully vaccinated Californian individual who was returning home from South Africa.

It is an unnamed person with “mild symptoms that are improving” according to a statement from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

It is believed that the infection has not been transmitted to other individual...

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