us travel ban: Live & Latest News Updates : Vimarsana.com
(tester) a dessert (tims screaming) (tester) ontop of a dessert. (tims) oh! nice! (tester) we don't do ordinary thrills. universal orlando. let yourself woah! immerse yourself in the thrills with a hotel and ticket package from $89 per person, per night. restrictions apply. we're back with our world lead this afternoon. president biden announced more economic sanctions on a group of russian elites during a meeting with his entire cabinet. now eight russian oligarchs as well as their family members and associates will be subject to full sanctions. more than 50 other oligarchs will be subjected to a u.s. travel ban. to be clear, this is a slim list, compared to the sanctions that the european union put in place earlier this week.
President Joe Biden formally announced Tuesday he will lift a ban this week on travel from South Africa and other countries in the region, imposed due to fear of the Omicron Covid-19 variant.
Asked how long travel restrictions that took effect Monday on South Africa and seven other southern African countries would remain in place, Biden said it 'kind of depends'.
citizens from south africa and seven other countries goes into effect today. you're watching "fox & friends first" on this monday morning. i'm todd piro. carley: i'm carley shimkus. the variant has been detected in multiple countries including canada. some experts say it could already be in the united states undetected. todd: marianne rafferty has more on this breaking news this morning. marianne. >> reporter: good morning, todd and carl hey. president biden holding an emergency meeting last night on the new covid omicron variant as two new cases are confirmed in canada. biden's white house health team saying they need another two weeks to gather data on the variant. a u.s. travel ban on eight african nations takes effect today after cases were confirm in south africa. nearly a dozen countries confirming cases of omicron and experts say biden's travel ban will not stop the variant from reaching the u.s. >> it's almost definitely here already, just looking at the number of cases coming off planes this weekend. it's almost a certainty that there have been cases that have
that's all the time we have on abc7 news at 5:00. we'll see you at breaking tonight as we come on the air, the concerning covid variant triggering new travel restrictions. health care officials warn it's a matter of when, not if, it will arrive in our country. tonight the u.s. travel ban just hours away from taking effect to help fight the spread of the omicron variant first detected in southern africa considered to be highly mutated. just moments ago canada reporting two cases, the first confirmed in north america. president biden briefed at the white house as millions of americans return from thanksgiving gatherings. the urgent concerns tonight. is this variant more contagious and what about protection from vaccines? dr. jha right here to answer your questions. and tonight overseas nations on alert. cases of the omicron variant already reported in more than a dozen countries. israel closing its borders. the uk imposing new
including canada. some experts say it could already be in the u.s., undetected. carley: marianne rafferty has more on this breaking news this morning. good morning, marianne. >> reporter: good morning. carley and todd. president biden holding an emergency meeting last night on the new covid omicron variant as two cases are confirmed in canada. the health team says they need another two weeks to gather data on the variant. a u.s. travel ban on eight african nations that's. takes effecttoday. nearly a dozen countries confirming cases of omicron and experts say the travel ban won't stop the variant from reaching the u.s. >> it's almost definitely here already, looking at the number of cases coming off planes this weekend. it's almost a certainty that cases have gotten into the united states. >> reporter: health officials say there's no reason to fear the vaccines would be ineffective against omicron. >> in all the previous examples of variants, the vacation seens
in our 4:00 p.m. hour, we are just days away from the case that could overturn roe v. wade. the supreme court about to take up a mississippi law that is a direct challenge on the very future of abortion rights. that's ahead. we want to start, though, with the breaking news on the new covid strain, omicron. with the last -- within the last two hours, germany and italy have confirmed they have new cases. this is coming just after the uk health secretary confirmed the variant is now in england as well. this means four european nations now have confirmed cases as well as asian and african nations. let's go talk about the latest countries to be added to the do not travel list from the state department. this is causing new restrictions and increased lockdowns around the world, including a u.s. travel ban from southern africa about to take effect as well. meantime, the white house says president biden is being briefed and is in touch with world leaders about this strain. i want to bring in nbc's raf