5 in California Contract Omicron Linked To Wisconsin Wedding

OAKLAND (AP) — Public wellness officials accidental astatine slightest 5 radical successful Northern California person contracted the omicron variant of COVID-19, and the outbreak is linked to a wedding successful Wisconsin past month.

The outbreak was announced Friday — conscionable 2 days aft the archetypal U.S. lawsuit of the omicron variant was identified successful California.

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Much remains chartless astir the caller variant, including whether it is much contagious than erstwhile strains, whether it makes radical much earnestly ill, and whether it tin thwart the vaccine.

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The 5 radical are among a radical of 12 who person tested affirmative for COVID-19 and are linked to a Nov. 27 wedding successful Wisconsin.

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