The extremely contagious COVID-19 Omicron variant is beginning to unfold throughout southeast Wyoming.
In response to Wyoming Department of Health information, there have been 25 Omicron circumstances detected since Dec. 8, 2021, 64% of which had been detected after Dec. 21, 2021.
Albany County has 15 circumstances, Laramie County has 9, and Carbon County has one.
The opposite variant of concern, Delta, has been detected in all 23 counties within the state, with 7,232 circumstances detected since Sept. 20, 2020.
Amongst Wyoming residents, there have now been 94,226 lab-confirmed circumstances, 24,867 possible circumstances, and 1,572 COVID-related deaths for the reason that pandemic started.
It must be famous that not all optimistic checks are examined for variants.
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Solutions to 25 widespread COVID-19 vaccine questions
Vaccinations for COVID-19 started being administered within the U.S. on Dec. 14, 2020. The short rollout got here just a little greater than a yr after the virus was first recognized in November 2019. The spectacular pace with which vaccines had been developed has additionally left lots of people with quite a lot of questions. The questions vary from the sensible—how will I get vaccinated?—to the scientific—how do these vaccines even work?
Maintain studying to find solutions to 25 widespread COVID-19 vaccine questions.
