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By the world health organization. scientists fear it could pose an increased risk of re—infection and current vaccines may be less effective. our health correspondent dominic hughes has more. this covid variant now has a name, omicron, according to the world health organization, which met in geneva last night to discuss the threat posed by this mutation of the coronavirus. the who had advised against travel bans, stressing instead that the measures we are also familiar with, hand hygiene, mask...

Scientists identified the strain. the world health organization has called it a �*variant of concern�* due to its mutations and because early evidence suggests that it carries a higher risk of infection. but the who also said that it would take a few weeks to understand the impact of this new variant. amid the concern, the uk government has added six african countries — south africa, namibia, zimbabwe, botswana, lesotho and eswatini — to the travel red list, meaning travellers from these...

♪ hello. thanks for joining me. im paula reid in for fredricka whitfield. were following breaking news this hour as the uk confirms two positive cases of a highly mutated new covid variant called omi omicron. during a news briefing prime minister boris johnson said theres a great deal about this new variant that scientists simply cant know yet, but what they know is cause for concern. >> it does appear omicron spreads very rapidly and can be spread between people who are double vaccinated. t...

Which met in geneva last night to discuss the threat posed by this mutation of the coronavirus. the who had advised against travel bans, stressing instead that the measures we are all so familiar with — hand hygiene, masks and social distancing — are more important than ever. whats really important as an individual is to lower your exposure. these proven public health measures have never been more important — distancing, wearing of a mask, making sure that its over your nose and mouth, wit...

Atlanta, we will check back with you as this warrants, thank you. going to bring in dr. marc siegel, fox news contributor right now and also professor of medicine at nyu langone and author of covid, the politics of fear and the power of science, couldnt think of a better person to talk to right now. thank you. what should americans make of this news now, this new variant in addition to the travel ban? >> everyone is always afraid when something new happens thats a big risk to us and what we dont...

The white house and other european countries, they took drastic action upon first hearing this because the concern is if you wait too long to shut down travel and restrict its movement, you might have a bigger problem on your hands. the announcement from the white house says this was taken out of an abundance of caution, the world health organization convened in an emergency meeting and identified as a variant of concern and still looking to learn more about this variant. we have not heard from ...

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Around the world and study the mutation of the virus and advise us on a regular basis. and they discovered that in botswana, the next—door neighbour, there was a variant that was mutating for us faster than we thought and they alerted the government, and how we get involved in it is a matter that concerns us very much because we have had very good relations with high commissioners see and he helped us get through the red list the first time and there was no consultation and we are bound by the...