Infinity BiologiX Help Identify First Case of Omicron in Minnesota, the Second Case Identified in the United States

PISCATAWAY, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--On December 2, 2021, The Minnesota Department of Health announced that it identified the first Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes COVID-19) in Minnesota. The variant was detected in a sample collected using IBX’s RT-PCR saliva test and analyzed at IBX’s Oakdale, Minnesota laboratory. This sample was provided to the Minnesota Department of Health, Public Health Laboratories to perform SARS-CoV-2 Genome Sequencing, which ultimately confirmed th