{"id":37350,"date":"2021-12-03T01:04:12","date_gmt":"2021-12-03T01:04:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southafricahorizon.com\/?p=37350"},"modified":"2021-12-03T01:04:12","modified_gmt":"2021-12-03T01:04:12","slug":"five-cases-of-omicron-covid-19-variant-detected-in-new-york","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricahorizon.com\/five-cases-of-omicron-covid-19-variant-detected-in-new-york\/","title":{"rendered":"Five cases of omicron COVID-19 variant detected in New York"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 75px;height: 75px;border-radius: 50%;background: url(https:\/\/nordot-res.cloudinary.com\/c_limit,w_200,h_200,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/ch\/units\/559946085502944353\/profile_1.jpg);background-position: center;background-size: cover;vertical-align: middle\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 5px;font-size: 14px;font-weight: bold;vertical-align: middle\">Published by <br \/>New York Daily News<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 10px\"><\/div>\n<p>NEW YORK \u2014 It\u2019s here. Five cases of the heavily mutated omicron variant of COVID-19 have been detected in New York \u2014 and at least one involves a vaccinated individual, Mayor Bill de Blasio and Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Thursday. Four of the cases were confirmed in the five boroughs, including two in Queens and one in Brooklyn, de Blasio and Hochul said in a briefing from City Hall. The vaccination status of those four individuals was not immediately known. The fifth case was detected in a vaccinated 67-year-old Suffolk County resident who recently returned from South Africa, where the varian&#8230;<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"nordot-read-more \" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nordot.app\/839298508941393920?c=819177386184916992\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Published by New York Daily News NEW YORK \u2014 It\u2019s here. 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