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Rapidly and can be spread by people double vaccinated and we heard from dr. anthony fauci theres extensive mutation when it comes to this variant. >> we need to do some watchful waiting. its too early to panic. looks like theres early information about tr transmi transmissibility. the other thing of concern is if they cause more disease and more severe disease and if they evade protection from vaccines. from the hospital perspective were concerned abilout disease severity potential. hospitals ar...

It diverges _ very extensive mutation which means it diverges quite significantly from previous— it diverges quite significantly from previous configurations of the virus: _ previous configurations of the virus. and _ previous configurations of the virus, and as a result it might at least, _ virus, and as a result it might at least, in — virus, and as a result it might at least, in part, reduce the protection of our vaccines over time — protection of our vaccines over time so— protection...

Were learning more about omicron "hour by hour," and he said its now more vital than ever that people getjabbed and receive boosters. with the very latest, heres our political correspondent, jonathan blake. the omicron variant, the most mutated version of coronavirus found so far, first reported in south africa on wednesday. now two cases have been detected in the uk. at a news conference in downing street this evening, the prime minister said much of a still unknown, but scientists were learnin...

Jonathan blake, has this report. the omicron variant, the most mutated version of coronavirus found so far, first reported in south africa on wednesday. now two cases have been detected in the uk. at a news conference in downing street this evening, the prime minister said much was still unknown, but scientists were learning more about omicron hour by hour. it does appear that omicron spreads very rapidly and can be spread between people who are double vaccinated. there is also a very extensive ...

Dr. marc siegel. >> the word mutation is a scary word. i want to point out that a mutation doesnt necessarily make the virus more effective. it could be less. its for sure the case that the vaccines are going to continue to work against this variant. the question is how decreased their effectiveness will be cdc says no concerned cases of the variant in the u.s. new yorks governor has declared a state of emergency halting elected surgeries fears over the more dangerous variant plus these travel b...

The case _ million boosters in peoples arms. the case numbers have remained relatively— the case numbers have remained relatively high, but we are seeing falling _ relatively high, but we are seeing falling hospitalisations and falling numbers of deaths. but on wednesday we received _ numbers of deaths. but on wednesday we received news of a new variant, the so—called omicron variant, and i want _ the so—called omicron variant, and i want to— the so—called omicron variant, and i want t...

I dont think this is an unreasonable suite of measures and i dont think the timing is at all unreasonable, we only learned about this in about the past 48 hours. time is everything, it does matter, because at the moment we know virtually nothing about this new virus. we have got a suite of symptoms that people have documented from south africa that sound encouraging, doctors dare say it does not seem to produce severe disease and that is a tick in the right box. we have got a genetic code and wh...

Spread between people who are double vaccinated. there is also a very extensive mutation which means it diverges quite significantly from previous configurations of the virus, and as a result, it might in part reduce the protection of our vaccines over time. we need to take targeted and proportionate measures now as a precaution while we find out more. first, we need to slow down the seeding of this variant in our country. we need to buy time for our scientists to understand exactly what were de...

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...

It does appear that omicron spreads very rapidly and can be spread between people who are double vaccinated. there is also a very extensive mutation which means it diverges quite significantly from previous configurations of the virus and, as a result, it might at least in part, reduce the protection of our vaccinations over time. people would not be stopped from travelling, the prime minister said, although all those arriving in the uk will now need to take a pcr test and isolate until they rec...