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Vaccinated. they face challenges, increasing supply in the poor countries and encouraging demand in rich ones. nevertheless, health experts say vaccination is key to controlling the coronavirus and slowing the mutations. >> the vaccines are going to continue to work against this variant. the question is, how decreased their effectiveness will be. theyll work. but they may not work as well. >> for now, the highly infectious delta variant is whats driving most covid infections in the u.s. in michi...

Potential surge in covid patients. takes effect december 3rd and will be evaluated on january 15th. she said we continue to see warning signs of spikes, and while the new omicron variant has yet to be detexted in new york state -- detected in new york state, its coming. so far the u.s. has reported no cases although researchers are still determining of course carons transmissibility, severity and potential resistance to that vaccine. international health officials are concerned by its rapid spre...

Republic of congo, travel thed through europe, so there was a wide variety of people wearing masks on airplanes. youre in close proximity, so its a good idea to have extra layers of protection. theres nothing like added layers to prevent potential of spread. arthel: absolutely. and, listen, there have been other variants in between delta and omicron. explain why these different variants continue to crop up. >> well, the thing is about this virus just like other viruses, the more opportunity it h...

Today, including on our borders and facemasks, are temporary and precautionary, and we will review them in three weeks. at that point, we should have much greater information about the continuing effectiveness of our vaccines. i very much hope that we will find that we continue to be in a strong position and we can lift these measures again. but right now this is the responsible course of action to slow down the seeding and spread of this new variant, and to maximise our defences, so that we pro...

Might be effective against the variant. dr. makary was honest about this as well president biden and others using this as a moment to say get your booster, get your booster. we dont note effectiveness of this vaccine against the variant. going to gang to the playbook. lock down potential, travel restriction shut downs or force highly encourage the vaccine which may work it just didnt work so well the first time around. rachel: and ignoring of the other ways of treating covid and these early trea...

Its already not just in belgium and south africaened a several other countries in africa. its in hong kong. its in israel. so it may well have already been seeded. you wouldnt set a travel restriction in the future that violates the very principle of doing a ban. will: in fact we saw australia and new zealand basically lock down their societies from outsiders and that didnt keep covid or the day or night out o- delta variant as well. here is something else im curious about. joe biden and others ...

And the family and friends of one of those who died in the channel when their small boat capsized tells the bbc she was kind—hearted and humble. the spread of the new omicron variant of coronavirus. it follows the discovery of two cases in the uk, in essex and nottingham. anyone now arriving from abroad will have to take a pcr test, and all contacts of those who test positive for the new variant must self—isolate, regardless of whether theyve been vaccinated. mask—wearing in shops and publ...

Stephen sondheim. tributes pouring in for the man behind some of broadways biggest smashes. and shake the holiday season into high gear with the return of the famed rockettes. this is nbc "nightly news" with lester holt. good evening were going to tell you what we know and what we dont know tonight as a worrisome new covid variant rears its head labeled with the greek letter omicron and classified by the w.h.o. as a variant of concern. today the u.s. announcing restrictions on travel to he...

At that point, we should have much greater information about the continuing effectiveness of our vaccinations. some breaking news from israel and the prime minister has said that the country would, for 1h days, be shutting its borders completely to any foreigners. the country has one case and seven suspected. israel completely shutting its borders to foreigners. englands chief medical officer, prof chris whitty says the spread of the new variant is likely to continue we know that cases have been...

List. that, you know, have not actually become the predominant strain, and so we really need these studies over the next few weeks to show us definitively, are these -- is this particular variant, is it more transmissible? does it cause more severe disease? does it have the ability to evade the immune system, which would have implications for the effectiveness of vaccines or monoclonal antibody treatment so obviously theres concern but we know what measures actually work. again, all the variants...