The latest COVID-19 variant has not been detected in Wisconsin.
DHS Chief Medical Officer Doctor Ryan Westergaard says genome testing has yet to turn up Omicron here, but with a one-to-two week lag for test results, it could be more widespread than the two cases confirmed in the US.
State health officials in neighboring Minnesota reported that state’s first case today. The vaccinated man had recently traveled to a conference in New York City.
