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Hawaii confirmed its first case of the omicron coronaviruses variant on Thursday, after California, Minnesota, Colorado and New York reported cases of the new variant discovered in southern Africa last week.
An employee of the Ministry of Health gets results of the COVID-19 tests carried out in different parts of the country. The photo was taken by Marvin Ricos.
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The omicron variant was detected in an unvaccinated resident who had no history of travel outside the state, suggesting a case of community spread.
One of the patients who recently returned from a trip to South Africa was one of the five cases identified by the governor.
The omicron variant was detected in a person who traveled to southern Africa as a tourist.
The Minnesota Department of Health announced on Thursday that it had confirmed the first case of the omicron variant in the state, in a man who had recently traveled to New York City for an animation convention.
The first case of the omicron variant in the US was found in a California resident who had recently traveled to South Africa.
The variant had been discovered in at least 24 countries, according to the World Health Organization Director General. President Joe Biden responded to the variant by suspending travel from eight countries in southern Africa, and his administration announced stricter screening for inbound travelers, including a requirement that they test for Covid-19 one day before departure.
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The Colorado State Public Health Laboratory was able to identify the first case of the variant in the state by a missing "S gene" during genome sequencing of the patient's sample.
Moderna has begun development of an omicron-specific Covid-19 booster shot that could be approved as early as March, though the White House infectious disease expert advised the public not to wait for variant-specific boosters.
