Health officials say the omicron variant of the coronavirus has been found in a Minnesota man who attended an anime convention in New York City in November. Officials said the man tested positive after returning home and that his symptoms have subsided.
and prompting officials in the nation’s largest city to urge thousands of convention attendees to get tested.the omicron variant of the coronavirus had been detected in California, in a person who had recently traveled to South Africa.
The convention, occurring days before officials in South Africa reported the new variant, was held as New York City prepared to host the annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade and throngs of tourists returned after theOfficials in the city of 8.8 million said it they expected it would only be a matter of time before the new variant was reported in the city.
Nov. 22 was the same day the person infected in the California case returned to the U.S. from South Africa.for COVID-19 Monday. Scientists in South Africa first reported it, but the samples came from several countries in southern Africa. And health officials in the Netherlands now say it was found there prior to the South Africa detection.
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