DENVER (AP) – Colorado has become the third U.S. state to detect a case of the omicron variant in a woman who recently traveled to Africa, state health officials announced Thursday. .
The Colorado case comes after two other confirmed cases of the omicron variant were found in California and Minnesota.
Officials in Colorado discovered a new case in a woman who is a resident of Arapahoe County, an area just east of Denver.
The state Department of Health said in a statement she recently traveled to Africa as a tourist.
The woman is fully vaccinated, but has not yet been given a booster shot, they said.
Health officials said she was experiencing mild symptoms. They said close contacts of the woman in Colorado tested negative.
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