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Overnight, though, the united kingdom bamm edbanned flights f african nations starting today and the eu plans to halt all air travel from southern africa. elizabeth cohen joins us now. elizabeth, obviously were still waiting to get a lot of details here. there have been some variants in the past where the concern was warranted, somewhere it wasnt. what are you hearing so far? >> you know, kaitlan, im glad you put it that way because there have been many variants and many mutations we dont even h...

Better understand a new covid variant begins. the fast spreading strain currently known at b-11529 was the first identified in south africa and is now in botswana, israel, and hong kong. the two biggest concerns right now, the variant may be more transmissible than delta, and current vaccines may be less effective against it. those warnings coming directly from the uks top health official traveled to and from the south african nations and now restrict by the uk. several other countries joining t...