Sharjah24 – Reuters: Hawaii's Department of Health on Thursday confirmed its first case of the Omicron variant, saying it was a case of community spread and the person had no history of travel.
The person, an Oahu resident, had moderate symptoms. The person had previously been infected with COVID-19 but had not been vaccinated, the Department of Health said in a statement.
Hawaii becomes the fifth U.S. state to detect the variant, bringing the total number of cases in the country to nine.
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