FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — COVID-19 booster vaccines for kids from 5 to 11 will be available next week in North Dakota. Health and Human Services has ordered an initial allocation of 5,600 pediatric bivalent booster doses from the federal government. They are for those kids who completed the primary series at least two months ago. The latest vaccine protects against…
NORTH DAKOTA – The North Dakota Department of Health says recent data shows spikes of almost one-and-a-half million new cases of Covid-19 across the nation in a single day. Omicron is extremely contagious and has begun surging in North Dakota. The variant is less severe than others but has a high attack rate that will still cause rampant cases, hospitalizations…
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. – Minnesota’s two largest cities moved Wednesday to reimpose mask requirements in businesses and public places as the omicron variant of coronavirus spreads rapidly. Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey and St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter said the requirement would take effect in both cities at 5 p.m. Thursday. Frey said it’s essential to keep the city healthy and moving,…
BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) – The North Dakota Health Department says four cases of the omicron variant of Covid-19 have been found in the state. Two cases are in Ward County and there is one each in Cass and Burleigh counties. Two people who tested positive traveled to another state together. The other two did travel. Three of the four people…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – Health officials are testing for the new Omicron variant and urging people to get the COVID-19 vaccine or a booster shot before the variant arrives to North Dakota. The Fargo Cass Public Health Board of Health discusses the potential threat of Omicron variant and several other COVID-19 updates. According to Cass County Public Health, Cass County…
DILWORTH, Minn. (KVRR) — The omicron variant of COVID-19 has been discovered in at least five states, the second being Minnesota. It shows yet again how mutations of the virus can circumnavigate the globe with speed. Minnesota Governor Tim Walz gives an update on the first confirmed Omicron variant case in the state. “Well first and foremost it’s not surprising…
DILWORTH, Minn. (KVRR) – The nation’s second discovery of the Omicron COVID-19 variant has been confirmed in Minnesota. The Minnesota Dept. of Health says the variant was found in a Hennepin County man who recently traveled to New York City. The man developed mild symptoms on Nov. 22 and sought COVID-19 testing on Nov. 24. The man was vaccinated and…
Omicron variant (World Health Org.)WASHINGTON (AP) – A person in California has become the first in the U.S. to have an identified case of the omicron variant of COVID-19. Dr. Anthony Fauci said the person was a traveler who returned from South Africa on Nov. 22 and tested positive on Nov. 29. The person was vaccinated but had not received…
Omicron variant (World Health Org.)WASHINGTON – Beginning Monday, the United States will ban travel from South Africa and 7 other African nations by non-US citizens following the discovery of a COVID-19 variant. Officials have named the variant “omicron.” A World Health Organization panel has classified it as a highly transmissible virus of concern. The variant’s discovery in southern Africa sent…
