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Florida city with no confirmed omicron cases finds COVID-19 variant in sewer water
by: Senait Gebregiorgis
Posted: Dec 12, 2021 / 11:23 AM EST / Updated: Dec 13, 2021 / 04:56 AM EST
ALTAMONTE SPRINGS, Fla. (WESH) — Altamonte Springs city manager Frank Martz announced on Saturday that the omicron variant was detected in the city’s wastewater after a sample was collected on Thursday.
Seminole County’s medical director Todd Husty said Altamonte Springs wastewater project also tests samples from some of Orange County.
“So we don’t know where this [variant] came from,” Husty said. “It does end up in wastewater even when we have patients that have very mild symptoms and don’t even know they have it.”
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https://www.wfla.com/community/heal...-cases-finds-covid-19-variant-in-sewer-water/
by: Senait Gebregiorgis
Posted: Dec 12, 2021 / 11:23 AM EST / Updated: Dec 13, 2021 / 04:56 AM EST
ALTAMONTE SPRINGS, Fla. (WESH) — Altamonte Springs city manager Frank Martz announced on Saturday that the omicron variant was detected in the city’s wastewater after a sample was collected on Thursday.
Seminole County’s medical director Todd Husty said Altamonte Springs wastewater project also tests samples from some of Orange County.
“So we don’t know where this [variant] came from,” Husty said. “It does end up in wastewater even when we have patients that have very mild symptoms and don’t even know they have it.”
more...
https://www.wfla.com/community/heal...-cases-finds-covid-19-variant-in-sewer-water/