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PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Public health officials in Maine said Friday the state is the latest to detect the omicron variant of COVID-19 within its borders.

The Jackson Laboratory in Bar Harbor conducted genomic sequencing to confirm the variant in five samples from Penobscot County, the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday. The variant has been detected in more than 40 states.