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Wed Dec 1, 2021, 06:46 PM Dec 2021

First U.S. case of omicron variant is found in California

NBCnews
The omicron variant of the coronavirus has been detected in California, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Wednesday.

The CDC said in a statement that the California Department of Public Health and the San Francisco Department of Public Health confirmed the case in a traveler who returned from South Africa on Nov. 22 — three days before scientists in that country announced they'd detected the new variant.

During a separate news conference, Dr. Grant Colfax of the San Francisco Department of Public Health said the patient had received two doses of the Moderna vaccine, but had not received a booster shot.
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First U.S. case of omicron variant is found in California (Original Post) quaint Dec 2021 OP
Whoa -- Nov 22! It's had several days to spread even. Auggie Dec 2021 #1
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