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Published on December 21, 2021
News Release December 20, 2021
Today, the Unified Government Public Health Department (UGPHD) announced that the first confirmed cases of the Omicron COVID-19 variant have been detected in Wyandotte County.
Two Omicron cases in people living in Wyandotte County were confirmed through the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) lab over the weekend. KDHE’s Laboratories are screening positive COVID-19 samples to check for genetic characteristics associated with the Omicron variant and sequencing samples to confirm if they are Omicron. The individuals in Wyandotte County with confirmed cases of the Omicron variant are both adults between 20 and 39 years of age. Both of these individuals are fully vaccinated with two doses of an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine (Pfizer or Moderna).
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