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Alameda County Omicron Variant Outbreak Victims Attended Wisconsin Wedding Last Weekend
By Da Lin
December 4, 2021 at 6:22 am
BERKELEY (CBS SF) — At least five people in Alameda County who attended a wedding in Wisconsin last week have been diagnosed with the omicron variant, health authorities announced Friday.
One of those who attended the wedding had just returned from international travel. An Alameda County public health officer said after last weekend’s wedding 12 East Bay residents came back infected with COVID, five of them with the omicron variant.
The Alameda County Public Health Department said in a press release a state lab used genomic sequencing to identify those infected with the omicron variant, each who were reported to be “mildly symptomatic.” Those infected at the event were between the ages of 18 and 49...
...All 12 of the individuals had been vaccinated and most had received boosters, the health department said. One person is a Berkeley resident and the remaining 11 are residents of Alameda County. None has been hospitalized...
Alameda County Omicron Variant Outbreak Victims Attended Wisconsin Wedding Last Weekend
By Da Lin
December 4, 2021 at 6:22 am
BERKELEY (CBS SF) — At least five people in Alameda County who attended a wedding in Wisconsin last week have been diagnosed with the omicron variant, health authorities announced Friday.
One of those who attended the wedding had just returned from international travel. An Alameda County public health officer said after last weekend’s wedding 12 East Bay residents came back infected with COVID, five of them with the omicron variant.
The Alameda County Public Health Department said in a press release a state lab used genomic sequencing to identify those infected with the omicron variant, each who were reported to be “mildly symptomatic.” Those infected at the event were between the ages of 18 and 49...
...All 12 of the individuals had been vaccinated and most had received boosters, the health department said. One person is a Berkeley resident and the remaining 11 are residents of Alameda County. None has been hospitalized...