{"id":18120,"date":"2021-12-12T13:12:16","date_gmt":"2021-12-12T18:12:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=18120"},"modified":"2021-12-12T13:13:13","modified_gmt":"2021-12-12T18:13:13","slug":"altamonte-springs-with-no-confirmed-omicron-cases-finds-covid-19-variant-in-sewer-water","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2021\/12\/12\/altamonte-springs-with-no-confirmed-omicron-cases-finds-covid-19-variant-in-sewer-water\/","title":{"rendered":"Altamonte Springs with no confirmed omicron cases finds COVID-19 variant in sewer water"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Altamonte Springs city manager Frank Martz announced on Saturday that the omicron variant was detected in the city\u2019s wastewater after a sample was collected on Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"552\" height=\"273\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 552px) 100vw, 552px\" src=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screenshot-2-3.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18121\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screenshot-2-3.png 552w, https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screenshot-2-3-300x148.png 300w\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Seminole County\u2019s medical director Todd Husty said Altamonte Springs wastewater project also tests samples from some of Orange County.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The city has been testing for the virus since April 2020. Husty said it\u2019s a way to foreshadow what\u2019s coming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201c[Omicron] does seem to be a milder form of COVID which is I guess the good news, but the bad news is that it\u2019s going to start circulating,\u201d Husty said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The value of the wastewater testing is to prepare. Altamonte Springs city manager said the team can detect virus spikes and variants sometimes as much as one week before the people who are infected develop symptoms or test positive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"509\" height=\"287\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 509px) 100vw, 509px\" src=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screenshot-1-3.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18122\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screenshot-1-3.png 509w, https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screenshot-1-3-300x169.png 300w\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI think we were getting a little complacent about the fact that we don\u2019t have a pandemic anymore in Central Florida,\u201d Husty said. \u201cThat means we\u2019re still circulating this darn COVID virus and it\u2019s going to mutate again. The next time it might not be so kind.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Polk County and\/ or City of Lakeland DOES NOT test for COVID or any variant at the sewer plants.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Altamonte Springs city manager Frank Martz announced on Saturday that the omicron variant was detected in the city\u2019s wastewater after a sample was collected on Thursday. 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