Patient With First Confirmed Omicron Case in US Is Doing Well: Health Official

A registered nurse waits to test residents for COVID-19 antibodies at Abyssinian Baptist Church in the Harlem neighborhood of New York City on May 14, 2020. Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images

A health official in San Francisco, California, said the first confirmed U.S. patient with the Omicron COVID-19 variant is doing well.

San Francisco health officer Dr. Susan Philip told news outlets Thursday that “this first individual is doing well” and there are no signs the variant was further transmitted. The patient’s identity, including age, has not been disclosed.