The Delta variant continues to fuel rising Covid-19 case numbers across the Northeast, including Western New York. But the biochemist who leads efforts to track variants of concern in the region expects Omicron will arrive in force during the coming weeks.
Researchers almost certain Omicron variant is in WNY, should know for sure next week
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Donald Yergeau, left, associate director of genomic technologies at the University at Buffalo Genomics and Bioinformatics Core, and Jennifer Surtees, co-director of the UB Genome, Environment and Microbiome Center (GEM), lead the team that determines which coronavirus variants are circulating in Western New York.
Jennifer Surtees, associate professor of microbiology at the Jacobs School of Medicine, has a graph showing the evolution of mutations of the SARS-CoV-2 virus since last March in New York State, with specifics to Erie County.
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UB researchers said they were not able to pinpoint exactly when the variant arrived in Western New York, but it has likely been circulating in…
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Covid-19: Developments in Buffalo and Western New York
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Canadian officials, at a news briefing Friday, described the move as an attempt to discourage travel as the omicron variant spreads rapidly on…
