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A second confirmed case of COVID-19 involving the omicron variant has been confirmed and linked to Minnesota State University-Mankato.
The person who tests positive is an adult who has recently traveled to the country. It is not clear whether the adult is a student or a staff member of MSU-Mankato.
According to the state’s health department, the individual was vaccinated and developed mild symptoms on November 30, with their symptoms since resolving. An investigation into one case is underway, but the individual has told health officials he has isolated himself from others.
“The individual is doing well and following the proper isolation protocols,” wrote MSU Mankato President Edward Finch in an email to staff and students, according to KEYC.
The first Minnesota case involving the omicron variant was detected in a man from Hennepin County who traveled to New York City for an anime convention in November. This man was vaccinated and given a booster dose of the vaccine just two weeks before he developed symptoms, which were mild and have since disappeared.
Epidemiologists are still working to find out everything possible about the omicron variant. Early signals indicate that the omicron is extremely transmissible – more than the delta variant, which currently dominates Minnesota and the United States – but perhaps not as bad as the delta variant.
NPR has a feature article on what’s going on in the world with omicron. Here is an exerpt :
“The first reports from health officials and doctors in South Africa suggest that the wave of omicron infections – although mind-boggling in its speed – is not yet causing the same level of severe disease as delta when it did. hit the country.For example, ICU admissions are much lower.
“But many experts warn that it is far too early to draw firm conclusions. South Africa has a relatively young population and many people had already caught the virus before the emergence of omicron.”
The concern in Minnesota is that if omicron is able to evade natural and vaccine immunity, then the large numbers of people it could infect could ultimately put more pressure on hospitals, which are already facing problems. capacity.
Omicron was first discovered in South Africa and has since been confirmed in over 60 countries including the UK where cases have increased rapidly and could account for more than half of all UK cases at at the end of December, according to The Guardian.
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