The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health has received confirmation of its first case of COVID-19 with mutations consistent with the new omicron variant. The individual returned to Los Angeles County after travel to South Africa via London on Nov. 22. This infection is most likely travel-related. The individual, who is a fully vaccinated […]
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Press release: Public Health prepares response to potential challenges presented by omicron
The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health continues to track variant cases in Los Angeles County. While the delta variant remains the dominate variant detected among L.A. County residents and continues to account for 100% of cases sequenced, the omicron variant identified by the World Health Organization in South Africa as a “variant of […]
