Omicron Variant Cases Found in 29 US States, Mostly Vaccinated

[SUBSCRIPTION ONLY] Ohio and Rhode Island have become the 28th and 29th states in the United States to record instances of the Omicron strain of the virus that causes COVID-19, according to the Centers for Disease Control. Two instances of the variant virus were discovered in Ohio on December 11, according to state authorities, both of whom had been properly vaccinated more than six months before the cases were discovered. Officials in Rhode Island verified one instance of the variation on December 11; the patient had had all of his or her vaccinations and had just returned from New York….