Kansas health officials have confirmed the first case of the COVID-19 omicron variant in the state. Janet Stanek, acting secretary of the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, said laboratory tests confirmed that an adult in Franklin County in northeastern Kansans was infected with the highly contagious variant of the coronavirus. The unidentified individual was fully vaccinated but had not received a booster shot, the agency said Thursday afternoon. “The detection of the variant does not come as a surprise,” Stanek said. “This virus is highly infectious and transmittable.” Though breakthrough infections are on the rise, officials say vaccination remains the best protection against serious illness and hospitalization.
Source: KCUR News
