On December 1, local time, Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, announced at a White House briefing that California had discovered the first case of new coronary pneumonia patients infected with the Ome Keron strain in the United States. The patient November 22 He returned to California from South Africa on November 29 and tested positive on November 29.
Fauci said that the San Francisco, California Department of Public Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) confirmed that the source of the virus in the infected person was the mutant strain of Omi Keron.
It is reported that the infected person has completed the new crown vaccination, currently has mild symptoms of infection, and has been self-isolated.
The health agency has made contact with all close contacts of the infected person, and the test results of all close contacts are currently negative.
(CCTV reporter Liu Xu)