NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — New Yorkers weren’t the one ones hit by the Omicron surge.
A Penn State College examine discovered the variant additionally contaminated white-tailed deer on Staten Island.
Scientists found the spike by doing nasal swabs on deer there from Dec. 13 to Jan. 31.
Different variants have been beforehand present in deer in New York State, however researchers stated this was the primary examine to search out Omicron in deer or any wild animal inhabitants.