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Can up mutate and they can down mutate. this is clearly an up mutation causing more severe disease in south africa. the variants which were -- we were concerned about them, because we saw them in the united states in a couple of areas, but they never amounted to much. they down mutated and were not strong enough to take hold. this new variant in south africa poses some concern, but we should not start becoming hysterical about it right now. i think europe has the right idea to ban flights as wel...

And 80.4% have been and more than 16.7 million people have received their booster jab. south africas tourism minister, lindiwe sisulu, has been giving her view on the way the global community has reacted to the emergence of the omicron variant. it isa it is a tough day and a very disappointing day for us because weve been here today and we thought wed worked our way out of the red list but unfortunately we find ourselves back in again. do you understand _ ourselves back in again. do you understa...

In south africa, thank you _ taken about us. minister for tourism in south africa, thank you so - taken about us. minister for tourism in south africa, thank you so much i in south africa, thank you so much for speaking to us on bbc1 news. thank you. as weve been hearing, the world health organization has classed this latest mutation as a "variant of concern" and given it the name "omicron". we can speak now to dr catherine smallwood — whe is the senior emergencies officer and covid—i9 incid...

Of the africa centres for disease control and prevention, gave me the latest details about the variant. we know that this variant has a lot more mutations. it has already had seven mutations that we observed during the delta, beta, and alpha variants. in addition to that, it has a whole series of permutations, about 50 mutations. some of those can be predicted — and the keyword is predicted — to be associated with increased transmissibility. for now, it is still under investigation. im very ...

There has to be some way to balance the risk and reward? >> first of all, lets recognize it must still in the gullet for millions of people around the world in countries where they have less than 5% vaccination rates, the places the international rescue committee works, it must stick in the gullet where you see a third of countries not vaccinated, refuse the vaccine and protesting against it. secondly i think its really important theres no false sense of security coming from the idea that the de...

The world in countries where they have less than 5% vaccination rates. its very hard to get a vaccine. you must look in the gullette where you see a third of countries not vaccinated, refuse the vaccine and protesting against it. secondly i think its really important theres no false sense of security coming from the idea that the delta vaccine is the great end of the story. the great danger is the further mutation, further variation that breaks through some of the immunity thats been established...

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Transmission, but we are not there yet, and youre right we have been there before. we dont know whats coming. we dont know whether theres going to be another mutation, and we really need to take advantage of this pause, right, between surges to try to get back on our feet and be as prepared as we can in case there is another one. >> well, to that point let me circle back. you mentioned children getting vaccinated. im getting an appointment for my 10-year-old as soon as i can. the question is the...

This mutation is rising in the UK in proportion to the highly transmissible original delta variant.

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