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Tonight at 10: a booster vaccination for every adult in the uk to try to prevent a new wave of covid infections. the extra measures were announced today because of the rise of the new variant of coronavirus, called omicron. advisers to ministers also recommend that 12—to—15—year—olds should be invited for a second dose of the pfizer vaccine. our experience of fighting this virus has shown us it's best to act decisively and swiftly when we see a potential threat, which is why we're building our defences and putting these measures in place without delay. and scientists believe it will ta...

It yet, but when you have a virus that is showing this degree of transmissibility, it almost invariably will ultimately go essentially all over. >> reporter: scientists are scrambling to study omicron. early indications are it is highly contagious because of it many mutations. >> this is a real reminder for us all that the pandemic is far from over >> reporter: gabe joins us live from jfk in new york. gabe, will the new travel restrictions apply to american citizens? >> reporter: no. restrictions don't ban flights or apply to american citizens or lawful permanent residents, but they do preven ...

To try to see if there were any flights leaving, now we're in a new boat and hoping to get out by christmas. >> reporter: germany and italy announce their first omicron cases following belgium. more countries clamping down on travel from southern africa 61 people flying from the region to the netherlands tested positive for covid authorities are no checking how many are infected with the new variant. >> we're going to take every precaution that's why we've taken the measures we have. >> reporter: the biden administration new travel restrictions from south africa and seven others around the cou...

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>> do we know if the vaccines, the ones that are, for example, ones we think of in the united states, are they effective >> i think that's a question tha we will hopefully have information on in the next couple of weeks >> one thing i will say that might set people's minds at ease is that to date no variant has been able to completely evade immune memory from vaccines. >> if not, the vaccine makers are saying they're working toward an omicron specific vaccine. on monday, the u.s. will join other countries banning flights from south african countries. >> will this travel ba help do you think, d...