{"id":1080659,"date":"2021-12-03T13:28:51","date_gmt":"2021-12-03T18:28:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1080659"},"modified":"2021-12-03T13:28:52","modified_gmt":"2021-12-03T18:28:52","slug":"report-omicron-spreads-coast-to-coast-to-at-least-five-states","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-omicron-spreads-coast-to-coast-to-at-least-five-states\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Omicron Spreads Coast to Coast to at Least Five States"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Freport-omicron-spreads-coast-to-coast-to-at-least-five-states%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1080659&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">The coronavirus omicron variant has reportedly spread coast to coast to at least five states in total.<\/p>\n<p>The newly mutated variant has now been detected in California, New York, Colorado,&nbsp;Minnesota, and Hawaii, <em>USA Today<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/health\/2021\/12\/03\/covid-omicron-cases-vaccinations-mandates\/8845956002\/\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">\u201cLet me be clear: This is not cause for alarm. We knew this variant was coming and we have the tools to stop the spread,\u201d New York Gov. Kathy Hochul <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GovKathyHochul\/status\/1466546717185163269\">tweeted<\/a>. \u201cGet your vaccine. Get your booster. Wear your mask.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"12.275261324042\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">New York State has confirmed five cases of the omicron variant. <\/p>\n<p>Let me be clear: This is not cause for alarm. We knew this variant was coming and we have the tools to stop the spread.<\/p>\n<p>Get your vaccine. Get your booster. Wear your mask.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kathy Hochul (@GovKathyHochul) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GovKathyHochul\/status\/1466546717185163269?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 2, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The variant reportedly spread to Minnesota from a man who attended a convention in New York City, the city\u2019s health commissioner, Dr. Dave Chokshi, said. Minnesota health officials, meanwhile, noted the man had not traveled overseas. \u201cIt\u2019s most likely that transmission of the virus happened at the convention,\u201d <em>USA Today<\/em> said.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Minnesota Governor Tim Walz&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.health.state.mn.us\/news\/pressrel\/2021\/covid120221.html\">stated<\/a>&nbsp;Thursday the news of the variant reaching the midwest is \u201cconcerning\u201d but not a \u201csurprise.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday, those tools detected a case of the Omicron variant in Minnesota,\u201d Walz said. \u201cThis news is concerning, but it is not a surprise. We know that this virus is highly infectious and moves quickly throughout the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The variant also reached Colorado on Thursday, the <em>Denver Post<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/2021\/12\/02\/omicron-variant-colorado\/\">reported<\/a>. State health officials said the case occurred in a vaccinated woman who had traveled to South Africa. The woman reportedly has mild systems and is recovering.<\/p>\n<p class>Hawaii News Now <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaiinewsnow.com\/2021\/12\/02\/live-state-epidemiologist-holds-news-conference-discuss-covid-hawaii\/\">reported<\/a> the variant has reached the middle of the Pacific Ocean on Thursday. The variant reportedly infected an unvaccinated resident who \u201chas no history of travel outside the state.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class>The variant was thought to be first discovered in South Africa, but European health officials <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/11\/30\/report-omicron-variant-present-in-europe-before-identified-in-south-africa\/\">stated<\/a> this week it was present in Europe before being identified in South Africa.<\/p>\n<p>The day after the variant was&nbsp;discovered&nbsp;last week, President Biden issued a ban on travel from eight African countries. Dr. Anthony Fauci said Wednesday he is considering forcing incoming travelers in the United States to quarantine for a week.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_18979250\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"40\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18979250\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/virus-outbreak-biden-president-joe-biden-speaks-south-court-auditorium-white-house-campus-wednesday.png\" alt=\"President Joe Biden speaks in the South Court Auditorium on the White House campus, Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2021, in Washington. Biden is set to kick of more urgent campaign for Americans to get COVID-19 booster shots on Dec. 2, as he unveils a his winter plans to combat the coronavirus. (AP Photo\/Evan Vucci)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">President Joe Biden speaks in the South Court Auditorium on the White House campus, Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2021, in Washington. Biden is set to kick of more urgent campaign for Americans to get COVID-19 booster shots on Dec. 2, as he unveils a his winter plans to combat the coronavirus. (AP Photo\/Evan Vucci)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class>When Fauci was asked by a Fox News reporter if the same protections would be applied to illegal aliens flooding the southern border, he claimed \u201cthat\u2019s a different issue.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In 2020, Biden promised to \u201cshut down the virus.\u201d Yet the&nbsp;<em>New York Times<\/em>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/11\/28\/flashback-ten-times-joe-biden-promised-shut-down-virus\/\">reported<\/a>&nbsp;in November the U.S. has suffered more coronavirus deaths under Biden than under former President Donald Trump, despite vaccine availability.<\/p>\n<p><em>Follow Wendell Huseb\u00f8 on Twitter&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WendellHusebo?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor\"><em>@WendellHuseb\u00f8<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The coronavirus omicron variant has reportedly spread coast to coast to at least five states in total. The newly mutated variant has now been detected in California, New York, Colorado,\u00a0Minnesota, &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1080659","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1080659","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1080659"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1080659\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1080659"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1080659"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1080659"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}