, good evening once again a day 16 of the biden administration the nation has been bracing with this new omicron variant, and this afternoon the first u.s. case was indeed confirmed in a patient and the san francisco bay area. the individual was a traveler who returned from south africa on november 22nd and tested positive on november 29th. the individual self quarantine and all close contacts have been contacted, all close contacts thus far have tested negative. doctor fauci went on to say the patient in question had received two shots of the moderna vaccine but no booster as of yet, and is experiencing some mild symptoms. fauci offered this to those who might be holding off on getting that booster shot. people say, well, if we are
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and answer questions. he does have a hard out a little bit after two, so we will get to as many questions as we possibly can. all turned over to dr. fauci. thank you very much, john. at some of you may have heard, california and san francisco department of public health and the cdc have confirmed that a recent case of covid-19 among an individual in california was caused by the omicron variant. genomic sequencing was conducted at the university of california in san francisco and at the sequence was confirmed at the cdc as being consistent with the omicron variant. there s a lot of questions, but here s what we know right now. the individual was a traveler who returned from south africa on november 22nd and tested positive on november 29th. the individual is self-quarantining and all quotes contacts have been contacted and