据《纽约时报》5日报道,奥密克戎变异毒株在被世卫组织命名前,就已经存在于美国,而未被发现。
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报道称,美国于12月2日报告首例奥密克戎变异毒株感染病例,该病例是一名来自明尼苏达州的30岁男子,名叫皮特·麦吉恩(Peter McGinn)。
麦吉恩11月18日前往纽约并参加了当地漫展,11月22日返回明尼苏达州,11月23日确诊感染新冠病毒。这个时间早于世卫为奥密克戎命名的11月26日。
据新华社报道,11月9日,南非首次从病例样本中检测到新冠病毒变异株B.1.1.529,24日向世卫组织报告这一发现。11月26日,世卫组织将其命名为奥密克戎毒株,并列为“需要关注”的变异毒株。
不过,直到12月1日,明尼苏达州卫生部才确认麦吉恩感染的是奥密克戎毒株,并于12月2日进行了报告。
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Peter McGinn, a 30-year-old from Minneapolis, tested positive for COVID-19 after he returned from an anime convention attended by 53,000 people in New York, which was held Nov. 19-21.
That was Nov. 23, a day before most scientists had even heard of the new variant that was tearing across southern Africa. The World Health Organization had not yet even given the variant a name — Omicron. But it was already present in the United States, undetected.
That became apparent this past week, when health authorities in Minnesota examined the virus samples in a batch of recent tests. One of them — from Mr. McGinn — showed Omicron’s telltale mutations.
His infection, which was announced by the Minnesota health authorities on Dec. 2, is the first known instance of Omicron spreading within the United States.
据报道,纽约的该漫展11月19日至21日举行,约有5.3万人参加。目前,与麦吉恩一起参加漫展的30人中已有15人新冠阳性,但不清楚他们是否感染了奥密克戎毒株。
《纽约时报》称,鉴于美国每天新增成千上万例德尔塔毒株感染者,奥密克戎的出现和传播很容易被隐藏。
But amid tens of thousands of new Delta infections in the United States each day, Omicron’s landfall and spread are easily hidden.
据《纽约时报》最新报道,截至12月7日,美国至少有19个州发现了奥密克戎感染病例。
At least 19 states have found the Omicron variant as it spreads rapidly throughout the United States, with Texas on Monday becoming the latest.
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