Second U.S. case of omicron variant is found in Minnesota - NBC News

On Thursday, health officials from Minnesota and Colorado both announced one case of the new, highly mutated variant, one day after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported the first individual detected with omicron in California.

Minnesota's Department of Health said an adult male, who lives in Hennepin County, was found to have the variant.

He was vaccinated about six months ago and had gotten his booster shot in early November, officials with the department said during a briefing Thursday.

He told the Minnesota Department of Health that he had traveled to New York City to attend the Anime NYC 2021 convention at the Javits Center on Nov.

Minnesota health officials are working with New York health officials to determine who the man may have had contact with.

He hadn't traveled internationally, and officials with the Minnesota Health Department said it's most likely that transmission of the virus happened at the convention.

A statement from the Javits Center, which at one point was a New York City vaccination center, said visitors are required to show proof of vaccination and wear masks indoors.

Because the Minnesota man attended the convention, it's likely the variant is spreading in New York City, health commissioner, Dr.

A female resident of Colorado has also contracted the variant strain of the virus, the state's department of health confirmed Thursday.

On Wednesday, the CDC and the California Department of Public Health and the San Francisco Department of Public Health identified a traveler who returned from South Africa on Nov.