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First Omicron variant case in Pasadena found, confirmed by city Jordan Green jgreen@beaconmedianews.com
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he Pasadena Public Health Department (PPHD) earlier this week has received the first laboratory-confirmed report of COVID-19 with mutations consistent with the new Omicron variant in a Pasadena resident. The Omicron variant was identified in a laboratory specimen from this resident through genomic sequence testing. The person did not recently travel internationally and is believed to have acquired the infection locally in early December. The person, who was fully vaccinated and had a booster dose according to the city, has recovered from a mild illness that did not require hospitalization. Close contacts are also self-isolating. The Omicron variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus was first identified in Africa and has been designated by the World Health Organization as a variant of concern. As of Dec. 14, 15 cases of the Omicron variant have been reported in Los Angeles County. “Now is the time for anyone who is not yet vaccinated to get fully vaccinated, and for everyone 16 years and older to get a booster dose. Getting vaccinated, including a booster, remains your best defense against COVID-19 variants,” said Dr. Ying-Ying Goh, health officer and director
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Teen, 2 others arrested in Pasadena shooting that left 1 dead, 1 wounded By City News Service
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of Pasadena Public Health Department. COVID-19 vaccines are proven to be highly effective at preventing hospitalization and death from COVID19, and people who are fully vaccinated and received booster doses are much
less likely to be infected and transmit the virus to someone else. According to recent data from Kaiser Permanente research in Southern California – published on Nov. 25 – confirmed that the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine
holds an effectiveness of 87% against a Covid infection, 96% against a Covidrelated hospitalization and 98% against a Covid-related death. COVID-19 vaccines are available through the Pasadena Public Health
Department at no cost. People aged 5 and older are eligible to receive the vaccine, and anyone over 16 years of age are now eligible to receive the booster shot. For more information and to register for an appointment, visit MyTurn.ca.gov.
asadena police Monday announced the arrests of two people, including a 16-year-old boy, in connection with a shooting that left one man dead and critically injured another man. Cecilio Hernandez, 24, of Pasadena, is set to be arraigned Jan. 10 in a Pasadena courtroom on one count of murder involving the fatal shooting of Jamal Patterson in the 1000 block of Summit Avenue on Oct. 25, along with one count each of attempted murder and possession of a firearm by a felon. Patterson, 24, died at the hospital three days later from a gunshot wound to the head, according to records from the coroner’s office. The criminal complaint includes allegations that Hernandez personally used a handgun in the commission of the attack and that he has a 2016 conviction for attempting to prevent or dissuade a witness from attending or giving testimony at a court hearing. Police said a 16-yearold boy from Pasadena See Pasadena shooting Page 8