COLUMBUS, Ohio (ADAMS) – Infectious disease experts say a new variant strain of COVID-19 has reached Central Ohio.
Over the weekend, the Ohio Department of Health said that the new Omicron mutation of the virus had been found in two patients from Central Ohio.
The new variant of the COVID-19 virus was first discovered in South Africa before spreading to Europe and the United States. Officials say the patients who contracted the new variant are experiencing mild symptoms and have not been hospitalized.
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