Omicron Variant Detected In North America

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The Omicron variant has been found in Canada.

The Omicron COVID-19 variant has been detected in North America after Canada announced they've discovered two cases. Health officials say the two recently traveled to Canada from Nigeria.

Contact tracing is currently being conducted to determine if anyone else in the country could be infected.

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Christine Elliott and Kieran Moore, two top health officials in Ontario, have released a statement pleading with the government to take action to prevent future cases.

“We continue to urge the federal government to take the necessary steps to mandate point-of-arrival testing for all travelers irrespective of where they’re coming from to further protect against the spread of this new variant," they said.

Dr. Anthony Fauci recently appeared on NBC’s Weekend TODAY and explained that Omicron could already be in the U.S. and has simply yet to be detected.

“We have not detected it yet, but when you have a virus that is showing this degree of transmissibility and you’re already having travel-related cases that they’ve been noted in Israel and Belgium and in other places — when you have a virus like this, it almost invariably is ultimately going to go essentially all over,” Fauci said.

President Joe Biden is expected to discuss the variant on Monday.

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Cole Blake is currently an Editor at HotNewHipHop based out of Brooklyn, New York. He began working at the site as an intern back in 2018 while studying journalism at St. John’s University. In the time since, he’s graduated with a bachelor's degree and written extensively about a wide range of topics including pop culture, film & television, politics, video games, sports, and much more. He’s also covered music festivals such as Gov. Ball and Rolling Loud. You can find him publishing work for HNHH from Monday to Wednesday or on weekends. On the sports front, Cole’s a passionate NBA and NFL fan with his favorite teams being the Indianapolis Colts and Los Angeles Lakers. He also roots for the Yankees whenever he finds himself at Yankee Stadium or the Red Storm when in the company of other SJU alumni. His favorite hip-hop artists are billy woods, Earl Sweatshirt, Cam’ron, MIKE, and Mach-Hommy.
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