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SEATTLE (AP) — Public Health – Seattle & King County officials urged people on Friday to prepare for a surge of omicron COVID-19 cases as the highly-infectious variant spreads through the region.

“The UW Medicine Virology Lab is testing 100 to 200 samples a day and has seen the variant quickly grow in a matter of days," said Dr. Alex Greninger, assistant director, University of Washington Medicine Clinical Virology Laboratory.