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Minnesota Man With Omicron Variant Was At Javits Center In NY

Authorities are setting up a temporary hospital with 1,000 beds at the Jacob K. Javits Center on Friday in New York City. The city is bracing for an overwhelming tide of patients, as its number of confirmed cases continues to rise.
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Authorities are setting up a temporary hospital with 1,000 beds at the Jacob K. Javits Center on Friday in New York City. The city is bracing for an overwhelming tide of patients, as its number of confirmed cases continues to rise.

Another person has a case of the omicron variant of coronavirus and the person was recently in New York and only suffered from mild symptoms.

Governor Kathy Hochul says a Minnesota vaccinated resident who was recently attending a Javits Center convention in Manhattan has the omicron variant. Hochul expects more cases in New York but when asked about lockdowns, she says there’s no reason to make any moves if the vaccine continues to be effective.

“I am not prepared to shutdown schools or the economy at this time. That is not a necessary response. That would be considered an overreaction to the fact that is not our first second or third, this is our fourth variant.”

Hochul is asking those who were at the Javits Center from November 18th until the 22nd to get tested.