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These businesses. thank you very much. before i _ these businesses. thank you very much. before i go _ these businesses. thank you very much. before i go to _ these businesses. thank you very much. before i go to my - these businesses. thank you very much. before i go to my next - these businesses. thank you very i much. before i go to my next guest, the european medicines agency, it could bring forward a recommendation on mix and match boosters by the end of the week. speaking in front of an ep...

I keep an eye on that because i think a lot of people look at the vaccination rates, if they live in some of these states they look at the hesitantsies in their communities and until recently you couldnt vaccinate your kids. i understand the instashible desire for disinformation. where does the desire to endanger the live was their base come from? >> well, it comes from people who frankly care more about politics than public mental health. i dont think that don jr. is an epidemiologist or a publ...

Vaccines. those details will not be available for weeks. was omnicron the right story before thanksgiving? i think we have to wait until after christmas. the rough draft story is continually being rewritten and improved. the best headlines right now say what we know and also what we dont know. we should be most worried about what we we dont know. you know the whole choose your own news phenomenon, people picking the version and source they want to hear? im seeing that happen on social media righ...

You about this?— you about this? thank you for having me. it is concerning _ you about this? thank you for having me. it is concerning because, - you about this? thank you for having me. it is concerning because, well, i me. it is concerning because, well, laboratory wise, this mutation has 32 mutations on the spike alone, so we are still waiting to know what sort of impact it will have clinically and on that vaccine efficacy and whether or not its as highly or even more highly transmissible. ...

Which we have seen last week. another new variant has arrived — omicron has been detected among passengers who are now in isolation. here at this airport, flights from south africa are continuing to land, so one came in from cape town earlier and another from johannesburg, and these arrivals are causing concern in a country already battling record—breaking infection rates. and this is one of europes busiest transit hubs. there are fears the virus may be travelling on undetected. anna holliga...

On friday are likely to be infected with covid—19. the passengers have been kept isolated from other travellers at schiphol airport because of concerns about the new variant. meanwhile, peaceful protests are continuing in the netherlands after the dutch prime minister mark rutte announced that bars, restaurants and most shops in the country must close from 5pm to 5am from sunday. he said the tougher restrictions were needed to prevent hospitals becoming overwhelmed. lets talk to eric feigl—d...

South africas vaccine rollout has slowed down. its the same in other african countries — partly down to a shortage of vaccines, but also due to public apathy. fear of the new variant could change that. hopefully, we get past the stage and... and youre vaccinated? im vaccinated, yeah, so hopefully, ill be safe. for now, the focus is on this south african laboratory and the scientists furiously trying to unlock the secrets of the viruss new mutations. andrew harding, bbc news, johannesburg. eric...

Closely with our government partners to evaluate any changes to u.s. travel policy. big gut punch to the travel industry right now. not even three weeks ago that travel opened up for fully vaccinated foreign nationals coming into the united states. this shows how quickly things can change in this new pandemic era, jessica. >> right. the change is constant, pete. thanks so much. and let me bring in dr. abdul al zaid, an epidemiologist and former detroit health commissioner. thanks for being wit...

Tomorrow, if you are planning any travel keep an eye on the travel news because they will be strong winds across the country to begin with, slowly easing down and a mixture of rain, sleet and snow good covering of snow over the hills in the north and sleet further south as well. temperatures are one to 6 degrees, an icy wind chill to go with it. the low pressure clears away and quieter on sunday. thank you, see you in the next half an hour. as weve been hearing this morning, a new coronavirus va...

Are fears that the vaccines could be less effective against this new strain. our medical editor fergus walsh has the latest. from what we do know theres a significant number of mutations, perhaps double the number of mutations that we have seen in the delta variant. and that would suggest that it may well be more transmissible and the current vaccines that we have may well be less effective.> so much to get into here, lets talk to colin furness, epidemiologist at the university of toronto. how w...