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Joining me is dr. peter hotez, the co-director for the center for vaccine development. good to see you. start with the second confirmed case of the omicron variant, this person in minnesota. the health department says that he recently returned from -- had recently travels to new york city for a big conference at the javits center. what do you make of this with the catch yacht, of course, that we're going to see more cases as they continue to test more to find more cases of this omicron variant? >> yes. i think, kate, the difference is that this one was likely acquired locally within the united...

Delta variant, which is still highly transmissible, and probably this omicron variant as well as the cases pick up. one of the big questions is will omicron overtake delta so that this becomes the dominant one just like delta overtook the alpha variant this year. i don't think so. i think we'll wind up having both variants potentially affecting different populations. i still think we'll see a lot of delta cases, especially among the unvaccinated. the advantage of the omicron variant is that it has, because of its immune escape properties, i think particularly those who are partially immune, ei...

Because it had not been six months yet since the second shot. not sure about the minnesota case. but that press release did say that person was vaccinated as well. luckily, we're hearing the symptoms in both cases have been mild. >> natasha, thank you so much. we'll get more detail on all of this. back to president biden's new plan for tackling the pandemic this winter. he's going to be making this announcement during a speech at the national institutes of health this afternoon. cnn's jeremy diamond is live at the white house. jeremy, what more are you learning about this plan that the white...

The tally for the coronavirus Delta variant in Cambodia has reached 1,538 after 212 new cases were confirmed in just three days – 71 on Aug 25, 138 on Aug 26 and three on Aug 27.

The USA is registering a record surge in the number of patients hospitalised for the COVID-19 in recent weeks. The most cases are fueled by the Delta variant.