{"id":8261,"date":"2021-12-04T11:37:08","date_gmt":"2021-12-04T18:37:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/?p=8261"},"modified":"2021-12-04T11:41:51","modified_gmt":"2021-12-04T18:41:51","slug":"omicron-advances-in-california-alameda-with-five-cases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/omicron-advances-in-california-alameda-with-five-cases\/","title":{"rendered":"Omicron advances in California, Alameda with five cases in one day"},"content":{"rendered":"
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To Pamela Cruz. Peninsula 360 Press [P360P]<\/strong>
Efficient and rapid work by healthcare providers and public health case investigators identified five mildly symptomatic cases of COVID-19 involving the Omicron variant among Alameda County residents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The five patients with the new variant are among 12 local cases of COVID-19 so far linked to a Nov. 27 wedding in Wisconsin that one of the individuals attended upon returning from international travel, the county said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The document, issued on Friday, details that a state laboratory used genomic sequencing to identify the five infected with the COVID-19 Omicron variant, which is now being detected throughout the country and around the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As of Friday afternoon, genomic sequencing data were not yet available for all 12 cases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The individuals with the COVID-19 variant are between the ages of 18 and 49. One of them is a resident of the city of Berkeley, which has a separate health jurisdiction, and the remaining 11 are residents of Alameda County. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

All 12 individuals were vaccinated, and most had received booster shots. So far, the symptoms of these individuals are reported to be mild, and no one has been hospitalized.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Alameda County and City of Berkeley public health departments are investigating these cases with support from the California Department of Public Health. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

"Close contacts are being notified and provided isolation and quarantine," the county health department said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He added that public health officials remain vigilant and are monitoring evidence of the transmissibility of this variant, as well as the severity of illness resulting from infection. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe don\u2019t yet know how Omicron will impact a highly vaccinated region like the Bay Area. But, we remind residents that vaccination still provides the best protection against severe COVID-19 illness that could result in hospitalization and death.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Residents should continue to use all strategies to prevent the spread of COVID-19, such as:<\/p>\n\n\n\n