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NYC Convention Visitor From Minnesota Tests Positive for Omicron

  • Contact tested positive for Covid-19 but variant not known yet
  • De Blasio says city should assume there is community spread

    

Photographer: Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg
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A Minnesota man who recently visited New York City for a crowded anime convention has tested positive for the omicron variant of Covid-19.

“We should assume there is community spread of the variant in our city,” Mayor Bill de Blasio said Thursday in a statement.