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You are here: Home / Health Care / CDC Chief Says Omicron Variant Mostly Mild So Far

CDC Chief Says Omicron Variant Mostly Mild So Far

December 8, 2021 at 5:00 pm EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said that more than 40 people in the U.S. have been found to be infected with the omicron variant so far, and more than three-quarters of them had been vaccinated,” the AP reports.

“But she said nearly all of them were only mildly ill.”

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