Health officials tracking ‘stealth omicron,’ though sequencing results are limited

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State health officials are closely tracking the so-called “stealth omicron” sub-variant of COVID-19 in Wisconsin, but a lack of available data is limiting that effort. 

Kelsey Florek, senior genomics and data scientist with the Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene, says this challenge is linked to the decline in cases seen over the past several months. 

“It’s not like a bad thing, right...

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