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U.S. reports 1st case of omicron variant in returning traveler

By Associated Press

Dec. 1, 2021

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Dr. Anthony Fauci announced Wednesday that a person in California has become the first in the U.S. to have an identified case of the omicron variant of COVID-19.
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Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, announces the first confirmed case of the omicron variant has arrived in the U.S. during the daily briefing at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 1.
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Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, announces the first confirmed case of the omicron variant has arrived in the U.S. during the daily briefing at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 1.
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San Francisco Mayor London Breed talks about the first confirmed case of the omicron variant during a COVID-19 briefing outside City Hall in San Francisco, Wednesday, Dec. 1. The U.S. recorded its first confirmed case of the omicron variant Wednesday — a person in California who had been to South Africa. Genomic sequencing on the patient's virus was conducted at the University of California, San Francisco. At right is San Francisco Health Director Dr. Grant Colfax.
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San Francisco Health Director Dr. Grant Colfax talks about the first confirmed case of the omicron variant as Mayor London Breed, right of podium, listens during a COVID-19 briefing outside City Hall in San Francisco, Wednesday, Dec. 1. The U.S. recorded its first confirmed case of the omicron variant Wednesday — a person in California who had been to South Africa. Genomic sequencing on the patient's virus was conducted at the University of California, San Francisco.
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San Francisco Health Director Dr. Grant Colfax talks about the first confirmed case of the omicron variant as Mayor London Breed listens during a COVID-19 briefing outside City Hall in San Francisco, Wednesday, Dec. 1. The U.S. recorded its first confirmed case of the omicron variant Wednesday — a person in California who had been to South Africa. Genomic sequencing on the patient's virus was conducted at the University of California, San Francisco.
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San Francisco Mayor London Breed listens during a COVID-19 briefing about the first confirmed case of the omicron variant outside City Hall in San Francisco, Wednesday, Dec. 1. The U.S. recorded its first confirmed case of the omicron variant Wednesday — a person in California who had been to South Africa. Genomic sequencing on the patient's virus was conducted at the University of California, San Francisco, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed it as consistent with the omicron variant.
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Travelers wearing protective face masks wait for a shuttle to arrive at the Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles, Tuesday, Nov. 30. Brazil and Japan joined the rapidly widening circle of countries to report cases of the omicron variant Tuesday, while new findings indicate the mutant coronavirus was already in Europe close to a week before South Africa sounded the alarm.
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A traveler adjusts his face mask as he walks through the arrivals area at the Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles, Tuesday, Nov. 30.
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A traveler wearing a hazmat suit walks through the arrivals area at the Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles, Tuesday, Nov. 30.
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Air China flight crew members in hazmat suits walk through the arrivals area at Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles, Tuesday, Nov. 30. Brazil and Japan joined the rapidly widening circle of countries to report cases of the omicron variant of the coronavirus on Tuesday. 
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Air China flight crew members in hazmat suits walk through the arrivals area at Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles, Tuesday, Nov. 30. Brazil and Japan joined the rapidly widening circle of countries to report cases of the omicron variant Tuesday.
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A hospital worker ensures people practice social distancing as they wait in line to get vaccinated against COVID-19 at the Lenasia South Hospital, near Johannesburg, South Africa, Wednesday, Dec. 1. Despite the global worry, doctors in South Africa are reporting patients with the omicron variant are suffering mostly mild symptoms so far. But they warn that it is early.
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A woman is tested for COVID-19 at the Lenasia South Hospital, near Johannesburg, South Africa, Wednesday, Dec. 1. South African doctors say the rapid increase in COVID-19 cases attributed to the new omicron variant is resulting in mostly mild symptoms.
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A woman walks on a bridge leading to an informal settlement in Zandspruit, South Africa, Wednesday Dec. 1. Despite the global worry, doctors in South Africa are reporting patients with the omicron variant are suffering mostly mild symptoms so far. But they warn that it is early. Also, most of the new cases are in people in their 20s and 30s, who generally do not get as sick from COVID-19 as older patients.

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