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Julianna Morano

Staff writer

Julianna Morano previously was a reporting intern with The Virginian-Pilot.









Virginia confirms first case of omicron COVID-19 variant

The highly-transmissible delta variant remains most prominent among COVID infections in the United States currently. Public health officials remain uncertain whether the omicron variant, first detected in South Africa in November 2021, causes more severe disease than other variants.

Virginia confirms first case of omicron COVID-19 variant
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