Omicron Version of COVID-19 Found in New York City Deer – VOA Learning English
American researchers say they tested a group of deer in New York City and found that some of them were infected with the Omicron version of COVID-19.
The highly infectious version, or variant, was identified in the white-tailed deer population on the city’s Staten Island. The Omicron variant was found in seven of the 68 deer tested between December 13 and January 31.
The results are reported in a study carried out by researchers at Penn State University in Pennsylvania. The study was financed by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).
Earlier COVID-19 variants were also found in white-tailed deer in New York and several other U.S. states. But the Staten Island study is the first to find evidence of the Omicron variant in deer or any other animal population, said ...