Multiple Omicron Cases Confirmed At River City High School In West Sacramento

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WEST SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — Yolo County connected Thursday confirmed determination were aggregate confirmed cases of the COVID-19 Omicron variant astatine River City High School successful West Sacramento.

John Fout, the nationalist accusation serviceman for the county, said determination were 2 confirmed cases and 3 presumed cases among 5 students.

Four of the students were each successful the aforesaid classroom, according to Fout, and the 5th idiosyncratic was a household subordinate of 1 of the different 4 students.

All of the cases person had either mild oregon nary symptoms.

Due to determination being much than 3 cases from 1 classroom, region Public Health Officer Dr. Aimee Sisson declared the concern an outbreak, Fout said.

“The detection of an Omicron outbreak astatine a Yolo County schoolhouse is not astonishing due to the fact that we already knew that Omicron was contiguous successful Yolo County, and schools are a portion of the Yolo County community. This outbreak illustrates that the Omicron variant is circulating successful our assemblage and is not conscionable a hazard for those who person traveled. Omicron is here, and Omicron tin dispersed quickly,” Dr. Sisson successful a quality release.

Two of the 5 students were afloat vaccinated, but without booster shots, and had not traveled recently.

“This is accordant with information coming from the remainder of the satellite that vaccines are little effectual astatine preventing Omicron infection,” Fout said successful a connection to CBS13.

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More investigating is being done connected the River City field Thursday and Friday, and students and unit volition beryllium sent location with investigating kits to usage earlier they instrumentality to field from wintertime interruption successful January.