Jalisco verifies community spread of COVID’s Omicron variant

The Institute of Epidemiological Diagnosis and Reference (InDRE) notified the Government of Jalisco of the contagion, with the omicron variant, of the first 16 people in the State.

The state authority said 63% are women. The average age of those infected is 35 years. All were ambulatory. Two have a history of traveling to the United States, the rest appear to be community spread, meaning there would be many more cases than those being detected. Mexico tests a small percentage of COVID-19 cases for variants.

The three main symptoms presented were runny nose, cough . . .