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Wed Jun 7, 2023, 07:36 AM Jun 2023

Mysterious COVID strain found in central Ohio [View all]

https://www.nbc4i.com/news/local-news/columbus/mysterious-covid-strain-found-in-central-ohio/

Mysterious COVID strain found in central Ohio

by: Jamie Ostroff
Posted: Jun 6, 2023 / 05:15 PM EDT
Updated: Jun 7, 2023 / 06:25 AM EDT

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Viral researchers believe someone in central Ohio has been infected with COVID-19 for at least two years, and they want to find that person.

While the researchers believe there is no threat to public health, they hope this case holds much-needed answers to treating long COVID.

That changed in early 2020 when Missouri health officials asked him to lead the state’s wastewater sampling program to help track COVID outbreaks. At the time, Johnson said there was not much data available on the genetic material of the virus.

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