New York Officials Confirm 5 Cases Of Omicron Covid Variant

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul confirmed on Thursday that five cases of the COVID-19 omicron variant have been discovered in the Empire State.

New York is currently the fourth state to distinguish a case of the new variant, following California, Minnesota, and Colorado.

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“Let me be clear: This is not a cause for alarm,” Hochul wrote on Twitter.

“We knew this variant was coming and we have the tools to stop the spread. Get your vaccine. Get your booster. Wear your mask,” she added.

As we previously reported, a California resident who was vaccinated against COVID-19 was announced as the first U.S. case of the omicron variant.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Thursday also identified a second case of the variant in the United States – a Minnesota resident who had traveled to New York.

“The molecular profile of the kinds of mutations that you see [in omicron] would suggest that it might be more transmissible and that it might elude some of the protection of vaccines,” White House chief medical advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci shared on Wednesday. “But we don’t know that now.”

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