The first case of the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus Omicron variant was detected in California, officials said Wednesday. Genomic sequencing conducted at the University of California, San Francisco, and confirmed by scientists with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed the case was caused by the variant. The patient traveled from South Africa on Nov. 22 and tested positive for COVID-19 a week later. The person, who has not been publicly identified, is self-isolating, Dr. Anthony Fauci, the longtime director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, told reporters in Washington. All of the person’s close contacts have been contacted and, thus far, all have tested negative for COVID-19, a disease caused by the CCP virus. The person is fully vaccinated. He or she is experiencing mild symptoms that are improving. “We knew that it was just a matter of time before the first case of Omicron would …