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Dug down into some of the data, we see in the particular province this may have originated, the hospitalization rates have gone up. theyre not nearly as high as at other times in the pandemic, but they have gone up at a time when hospitalization rates from respiratory diseases are typically coming down. does that mean anything? i dont know. thats the sort of data investigators will be looking at. then what does south africa mean to the rest of the world, meaning if this has become the dominant s...

New rules aimed at limiting the spread of the omicron variant of coronavirus have come into force today as more cases have been recorded in the uk. face coverings must now be worn in shops and on public transport in england. later today the uk prime minister is due to speak at a downing street news conference where hell set out plans to accelerate the boosterjabs programme with all adults in the uk to be offered a third vaccine. the plans come as the chief executive of moderna says he forsees a ...

After that will be the pfizer one, which has shown even more effectiveness in clinical trials. that will be in addition to what weve got to fight this scourge. weve got a lot more ahead tonight. stay with us. stay with us

>> the travel restrictions issue, the rules of the road are set by governments themselves and that is the call of governments. w.h.o. asks governments to do two things. one is to make sure theyre risk based and make sure theyre time limited. i think we need to keep two things in mind here. one is theyre not a silver bullet. they can have limited effectiveness. secondly, they have side effects, south africa, this was a case of brilliant cutting edge science by south african scientists, transparen...

Omicron. let me turn therefor to what we currently know about the new variant and perhaps the most important point to make at this stage is that most of the key questions about the impact and implications of it have not yet been answered. however, the number of mutations that it has and the nature of these, together with some of the very early indications from southern africa, have raised the concern that it might be more transmissible than the delta variant, which of course is the currently dom...

Work as well against it all three manufacturers in the u.s. are testing them right now. >> its highly likely that there will be loss of vaccine efficacy and effectiveness. but whether we will really have to tweak the current vaccines, we just dont know we have to wait a couple weeks before we get the key data. >> reporter: modernas chief medical officer says that omicrons specific vaccine could take months to manufacture. should americans start getting used to the idea that they may need a covid...

And we have all the facts that you need to know, so lets get smarter. we start with new details about covid omicron variant. the situation changing by the minute. with new cases popping up in countries around the world including japan and the french territory of the reunion of the indian ocean. and just this morning, regeneron saying that its antibody drug cocktail loses effectiveness against this variant. all this as president biden urges caution here at home. >> this variant is a cause for con...

Or make whats called a pseudo virus so we can handle it so we can test it so we will know exactly what the effectiveness is. we need about two to four weeks to get those answers. >> what about the treatment options that weve got. >> very important. you know, we have two important sets of treatment options, monoclonals you and i talked about, and we have a number of monoclonals. there may be a differential response we have to be prepared. not each will work exactly the same. some may work well. o...

Shut the barn door before the horse bolts. the way to do that is to vaccinate the world. >> so do you believe that these travel restrictions are warranted at this point? >> the travel restrictions issue, the rules of the road are set by governments themselves and that is the call of governments. w.h.o. asks governments to do two things. one is to make sure theyre risk based and make sure theyre time limited. i think we need to keep two things in mind here. one is theyre not a silver bullet. they...

Omicron variant is becoming fully vaccinated. its highly, highly unlikely that whatever this new variant -- new information we learn about this new variant will be, that it completely undermines the effectiveness of these vaccines. it may take a hit. still worth getting. >> so the answer to both is get it, and you may have to take another one. >> if we do, particularly the mrna vaccines can make that modification relatively quickly. the bigger challenge will be manufacturing and convincing peopl...