COVID-19: Ómicron may be guilty of contagion of 28 Christmas party attendees in Marin County

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A Christmas party ad left 28 people infected by the Omicron variant of COVID – 19 in Marin County .

The celebration, held on 07 December at Farm House Local Restaurant, in the town of Larkspur, would be the preamble of what may happen in the coming weeks among the residents of the county .

“We assume this is an omicron outbreak in Marin,” said county public health officer Dr. Matt Willis.

“It bodes what we could expect for the next chapter of this pandemic, even in the days and weeks to come, sadly We will see many more cases of COVID ”, lamented the health official.

The party hosts demanded that All the guests will be vaccinated and even tests will be carried out to detect , before the meeting, if any of them have coronavirus.

“The organizers did everything well. It is not about blaming, but about the nature of the Omicron variant, the contagion is much greater “, expressed Willis.

Of the , some showed mild symptoms.

For Dr. Willis, the Omicron variant could be responsible for the infections that occurred at the Larkspur party .

Farm House Local restaurant owner David Monson stated that business staff followed protocols after receiving the notification on the coronavirus outbreak at the meeting of 11 December .

“When that happens, in the restaurant we do the test, all of them tested negative except one , tested positive on Saturday ”, reported the owner.

The restaurant worker The person who tested positive is isolated at home .

Health officials are not asking residents to cancel their vacation plans is, but they should make sure that people with which they meet are fully vaccinated , and even already have the booster dose.

“If you don’t get a booster, you’re very vulnerable to infection,” Willis said.

“We are very sorry that this happened. But we hope this is a warning of what can go wrong even when you try to get everything right. Even if you are lucky enough not to get terribly ill, a positive COVID test is painfully damaging not only to you, but also to the other members of your family, ”said the hosts of the party, who did not want to be identified, in a statement to ABC7.

“We hope that people can learn from this and protect our vulnerable population,” they added.

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