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Airports will halt the importation of new cases. we havent really seen this to be very effective since the beginning when this virus came in from southern europe and all eyes were focused on china. weve seen that we really dont have a handle on the fact this virus when a new variant appears and its been true just about every variant as the variant is identified, its already spread globally. so i think the major component of the efforts has to be on continuing to do the genomic sequencing which w...

Reaction to block travel is just going to slow the seeding slightly at best but have little, if any, impact. all right. lets bring in cnns eleni. south africa sounded the alarm and is paying dearly for doing that. talk to us about reaction there and, of course, the low vaccination rate and the spread of this new variant. >> reporter: rosemary, i have to say that the mood in south africa is one of anger and that the country is being targeted. and from the scientific community weve been hearing ...

Community is prepared. over the next week or two well have answers to these questions. >> do you think were doing enough testing in the united states to find out if this variant is here, and if so, how widespread it is? >> unfortunately, caitlyn, weve under performed in terms of genomic testing so far. were doing better than before but were not quite at that level. no, i think its quite possible that the omicron variant is here, we havent picked it up yet. i think if we can pick up the pace of g...

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Youve seen this in many countries he ensuring they dont spread omicron. the mood here is one of disappointment, one of anger and that south africa is being targeted specifically for its genomic sequencing excellence which it had been doing since the start of hiv aids epidemic. many experts are saying south africa should be commended for identifying the omicron variant and that this is a scientific success and the response should be one ever assistance as opposed to banning flights. now as youve ...

The two passengers amongst 14 travellers from southern Africa who arrived in Sydney, were detected with the variant Omicron strains.

Danger from delta right now. alex. >> 100%, thanks for that reminder, raf sanchez, and all that good information. joining me right now is dr. chris purnell, a preventative medicine fellow. welcome back to the broadcast, its good to see you. what concerns you most about this new omicron variant? >> thanks for having me, alex. what concerns me is that we dont do enough genomic sequencing here in the united states. outside of what many of my colleagues have already said, yes, were waiting to see ...

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