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Of young children. and after germany announced new restrictions for the unvaccinated on thursday, the republic of ireland has announced limits on the size of attendances at indoor events for its entire population and a restriction of no more than four households socialising in a private home. so lets take a closer look at south africa, where as we heard omicron is spreading at an unprecedented rate. south africas health minister urged people to get vaccinated. this fourth wave, which we have sta...

Know the severity of these conditions on a -- on a systemic population level. i do think that its reasonable to prognosticate and to guess that this is breaking through people who have had vaccine or booster. the question is, as you say, is it really just an example of the vaccine doing what they were always design today do? they were always designed to do stop the serious suffering, the bad outcomes and we got this gift in terms of the effect -- the infection protection. which that clearly was ...

The chief scientist of the world health organization says the new omicron variant could become dominant around the world. the number of countries detecting the coronavirus variant is increasing every day. but the who also says its too soon to know if omicron causes a more serious illness, and people shouldnt panic. the surge in south africa, where the variant was first identified, has accelerated further. there were more than 16,000 new cases announced on friday — up from 11,500 the day before...

Socialising in a private home. so lets take a closer look at south africa, where as we heard omicron is spreading at an unprecedented rate. south africas health minister, urged people to get vaccinated. this fourth wave, which we have started to enter into, can be managed without too many casualties, without too much loss of life, if we all observe the safety measures — the biggest risk being gatherings, especially indoor gatherings. as more cases emerge, so does the data about the effectivene...

And after germany announced new restrictions for the unvaccinated on thursday, the republic of ireland has announced limits on the size of attendances at indoor events for its entire population, and a restriction of no more than four households socialising in a private home. so, lets take a closer look at south africa, where as we heard omicron is spreading at an unprecedented rate. south africas health minister urged people to get vaccinated. this fourth wave which we have started to enter into...

♪♪ >> at least 12 states have confirmed cases of the omicron variant and health officials are working to determine the effectiveness of the vaccine against the new strain. jonathan serrie. >> hi there, in addition to 12 states, contact tracing is also going on here in georgia. there was a georgia resident who recently returned from travel to south africa and stayed here two days and then went on to new jersey. they tested her there, and she tested positive for the omicron variant and she was...

And a restriction of no more than four households socialising in a private home. as more cases emerge, so does the data about the effectiveness of the treatments. heres the world health organizations chief scientist with what we know so far. its possible that the omicron variant is able to overcome and cause infections, even in previously vaccinated people — we are seeing that now with a lot of previously vaccinated people who are the first to be reported with omicron. however, the fact that t...

Week showing across all age groups, effectiveness even during delta was just outstanding for two doses. now, we know certain groups definitely need three. but really, these vaccines are doing what they are designed to do. >> yeah. doctor, appreciate it. thank you. up next, former white house chief of staff mark meadows says the former president told him right after he stepped off the stage on january 6th. ts people buy a car-- get this-- from their couch. oh, how disruptive. no salesman there ...

Youre vaccinated, but nevertheless, you think you might be sick. sit down at the kitchen table. take your at-home test. if it is positive, what do you do? p you call the doctor. the doctor gives you a prescription for the antiviral pill.ti well, at least in the case of the pfizer antiviral pill, in clinical trials, that has shown nearly 90% effectiveness at keeping people out of the hospital. to get those amazing results from that drug, you do have to act fast and take the drug early. soon after...

People are hearing all this news and i do want to say two things. one is that when you compare it to where we were two years ago or a year ago, even if the worst case scenario about omicron comes true, that its more transmissible, that it may reduce vaccine effectiveness, were still in a better place than we were. so whatever it is, we have the tools. we just need the commitment to use them. so, the data that you presented today adds to the data that south africa has now had that also says they ...