According to early lab results, 92 percent of positive samples collected in Puerto Rico over the past week show characteristics of the Omicron variant.
The positive cases were recorded after the artist, whose real name is Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, played two shows in Puerto Rico on December 10 and 11, according to the local newspaperMore than two weeks after the event, Puerto Rico's Office of Epidemiology has recorded at least 2,005 positive coronavirus cases from contact tracing data of individuals who either attended the concert, or came in contact with someone who had,The massive outbreak comes as Puerto Rico is experiencing...
Over 2,000 people have tested positive for COVID-19 at concerts by Puerto Rican rapper Bad Bunny earlier this month. Here, Bad Bunny is seen during his"P FNK R" concert at Hiram Bithorn Stadium on December 10 in San Juan, Puerto Rico.Omicron has taken the globe by storm since it was first detected in South Africa in early November. Now, the latest variant has been, and has surpassed Delta in becoming the dominant strain in the country.
The U.S. is now reporting an average of more than 200,000 cases per day, but some health-care experts have warned that number could soon
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