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Agency will be closely monitoring this. we have pcr testing which can actually spot this new mutation, it is picked up in pcr testing. that is not 100% accurate but it is an early heads up that this could be this new variant and that can be taken away for sequencing to get confirmation. clearly that is what has happened and they have identified these two cases. then it is about targeted search testing and tracing, making sure you get in contact with the close contacts, get them to isolate. they ...

Assessments and the science as we understand it. its a decision that is taken at national level and if you do impose those restrictions, the aim is to buy time, to get ready and get all the things going like enhanced surveillance, the sequencing, the plans about how you will manage people when they come in to prevent transmission further into the community, and also manage your health system,. the community, and also manage your health system-— health system,. interesting views from gordon _ h...

We have made a lot of progress, we all want to see that protected and if anyone is sitting at home thinking, what can i do? get vaccinated. lets talk to our health correspondent. what will scientists be doing now? the correspondent. what will scientists be doing now?— be doing now? the sequencing and surveillance _ be doing now? the sequencing and surveillance in _ be doing now? the sequencing and surveillance in the _ be doing now? the sequencing and surveillance in the uk _ be doing now? the...

The civilian response in practice. several senior scientists advising the government have said the vaccine still offers very high protection against other variants and they are still optimistic it will be effective against omicron. if it is a more transmissible variant, travel bans will delay the spread to other countries, it will not stop it completely but it buys time for governments to do vital research, stepped up surveillance and sequencing and make sure more of their population have had bo...

>> reporter: the uk was one of the first nations to make the announcement. >> we will be suspending all flights from six southern african countries, and we were adding those countries to the travel red list. those countries are south africa, namibia, swatini, and zimbabwe and botswana. >> reporter: the move prompted swift criticism from south africa. tweeting the decision seems rushed, a decision that comes despite warnings from the world health organization against hasty travel restrictions. >>...

This is bbc news with the latest headlines: the government says two cases of omicron, a new variant of covid—i9, have been discovered in the uk, amid fears it has a higher re—infection risk. the two individuals concerned are self isolating alongside their whole household whilst further tests and sequencing is carried out and contact tracing. the two cases are linked. two men are killed by falling trees as storm arwen hits parts of the uk with high winds, rain and snow. one of the 27 people w...

Hello this is bbc news. the headlines... the government says two cases of omicron, a new variant of covid—i9, have been discovered in the uk, amid fears it has a higher re—infection risk. the two individuals concerned are self isolating alongside a whole house side. further tests and sequencing is being carried out and contact tracing. the two cases are linked. two men are killed by falling trees as storm arwen hits parts of the uk with high winds, rain and snow. one of the 27 people who dro...

A mother receives her Pfizer vaccine against COVID-19 in Diepsloot Township near Johannesburg, Oct. 21, 2021. (AP Photo/Denis Farrell) WORLD New CCP

It is possible. one thing that is potentially going to give us information rel relatively soon is that more like the complete sequencing which can take a while, some of the signatures of this particular virus might have clues on the pcr tests done by certain pcr machines and i know the people i communicated say that we should be able to tell relatively soon whether it is circulating widely here. i suspect it isnt because the only place it is circulating widely so far has been in southern africa....

And will undergo further study. it will take a few weeks for us to understand what impact this variant has. the new variant was only identified four days ago. genetic analysis shows it has twice the mutations of delta, the dominant variant worldwide, including 30 changes to the spike protein which the virus uses to enter human cells. we havent got evidence it is here yet. we havent identified it in our sequencing and we are giving results of more than 50,000 cases a week. a huge amount. but ther...