Another Omicron case is detected in the U.S., this time in a Minnesota resident who had traveled to N.Y.C.

U.S.|Another Omicron lawsuit is detected successful the U.S., this clip successful a Minnesota nonmigratory who had traveled to N.Y.C.

• Dec. 2, 2021Updated 12:08 p.m. ET

Minnesota wellness officials said connected Thursday that a antheral who lives successful the authorities was infected with the Omicron variant of the coronavirus. The man, who officials said had precocious traveled to New York City, represents the 2nd known lawsuit of the variant successful the United States.

Leaders successful Minnesota said the find was unsurprising, and credited robust illness surveillance systems for uncovering it.

“This quality is concerning, but it is not a surprise,” Gov. Tim Walz said successful a statement. “We cognize that this microorganism is highly infectious and moves rapidly passim the world. Minnesotans cognize what to bash to support each different harmless present — get the vaccine, get tested, deterioration a disguise indoors, and get a booster.”

Much remains chartless astir Omicron, including whether it is much transmissible and susceptible of causing much superior illness. There is immoderate grounds the variant tin reinfect radical much readily.

According to the Minnesota Department of Health, the antheral is simply a nonmigratory of Hennepin County, which includes Minneapolis. He had been vaccinated and is nary longer feeling symptoms, the section said.

The antheral archetypal developed mild symptoms connected Nov. 22, soon aft traveling to New York City for the Anime NYC 2021 normal astatine the Javits Center, the section said. The announcement did not bespeak whether the antheral had traveled anyplace other recently.

He was tested for the microorganism connected Nov. 24. The state’s Public Health Laboratory determined that helium had the Omicron variant. Minnesota officials said they were moving with New York City and national wellness officials to look into the case, and that the antheral has spoken with lawsuit investigators.

On Wednesday, California wellness officials announced that a San Francisco resident had been infected with the Omicron variant — a uncovering they emphasized was inevitable, arsenic they worked to incorporate alarm implicit the variant’s find successful the United States.

Experts person said since the Omicron variant was archetypal identified that it was lone a substance of clip earlier the variant made its mode to the United States, and that erstwhile a lawsuit was detected, galore much would astir apt soon beryllium found.