COVID Confirmed In Contacts of Minnesota Omicron Case From NY Anime Convention

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Today at 8:07 p.m. EST

 

 

The Minnesota man who contracted the omicron variant of the coronavirus met up with about 35 friends at a New York City anime convention and about half have tested positive for the coronavirus, a state health official said Friday.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2021/12/03/nyc-anime-covid-omicron/

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Members of the group traveled to New York from a variety of states for the weekend convention that began Nov. 19 and tested positive after their return, said Kris Ehresmann, director of the Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Prevention, and Control Division at the Minnesota Department of Health. It is not known whether they are infected with omicron or another variant.