WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Six cases of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 have been found in Nebraska, the state’s health department said on Friday, marking the sixth U.S. state with confirmed cases.
One case involved a traveler who returned from Nigeria on Nov. 23, while the other five cases were likely exposed through household contact with that individual, the department said.
Only one of the six individuals were vaccinated and none have needed to be hospitalized, it said.
(Reporting by Caitlin Webber and Tim Ahmann; writing by Susan Heavey; editing by Tim Ahmann)
