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Governor: Omicron variant confirmed in several counties By Crystal Staley/Scottie Ellis Frankfort, KY - On Saturday, Gov. Andy Beshear urged rigorous masking in schools and workplace settings after testing confirmed the fast-spreading COVID-19 omicron variant in multiple Kentucky counties. "This thing is going to spread so fast that any school that is not doing mandatory masking, any business that is not having their folks wear masks could see entire schools, entire shifts get infected very, very quickly," Gov. Beshear said. "Folks I'm telling you: If we don't make the decision to put back on that mask in these situations, it's going disrupt everything we've worked so hard to get back up and going." The Governor said Gravity Diagnostics reported positive omicron tests Friday to the Kentucky Department for Public Health (KDPH). The positive tests were from patients in Kenton, Campbell and Fayette counties. In addition, wastewater testing by the University of Louisville and the Louisville Metro Department of Public Health & Wellness detected the presence of the omicron variant in Jefferson County. Dr. Steven Stack, commission of the KDPH, said: "The omicron variant of COVID-19 is probably one of the most transmissible or contagious infections we've had in the last century at least. To put this into perspective, one person who gets influenza may infect one to two people. The delta variant really escalated COVID's transmissibility, and one person with the delta variant might infect up to five other people under the right situations. Omicron now, it may be that one person with omicron may infect up to 18 or 20 other people." Key facts about the omicron variant:
The Governor noted that vaccinations and boosters are still the best lines of defense. Key points on vaccines:
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