Second U.S. Omicron case detected in Minnesota man who attended anime event in NYC
A second case of the super-mutated Omicron variant of the coronavirus has been detected in the U.S. in a Minnesota resident who recently returned home from an anime convention in New York City, the Minnesota Department of Health said.
The person, an adult male living in Hennepin County, is fully vaccinated and only has mild symptoms. He fell ill on Nov. 22 and got tested two days later. He had traveled to New York for the Anime NYC 2021 convention at the Javits Center from Nov. 19-21.
The country’s first Omicron case was announced Wednesday in a person who arrived in California on Nov. 22 from South Africa, where the variant was first detected. The person is fully vaccinated and has mild symptoms.
Not much is known yet about the transmissibility and severity of the Omicron variant and the Minnesota man’s case only raises more questions than answers. [Continue reading…]