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Sampling and genomic sequencing capability. we also welcome confirmation that the uk wide covid infection survey conducted by the ons infection survey conducted by the 0ns will continue. it is essential, however, that it continues at scale, and we will seek to work with the uk government to ensure that this is the case. this surveillance capacity it will help us identify new threats rapidly stop it will also help us assess the potential severity of any new threat and quickly determine the appropriate level of response. a strategic update we are publishing today sets out a clear framework or an...

Detailed today to fight this highly mutated variant. scientists are racing to determine if the current vaccines protect against this variant and if it spreads more easily. experts hope to have answers in about a week. in the meantime, markets continue to be rattled and the travel bans continue to multiply. >> more than 70 countries now including the u.s. have issued travel bans against southern african nations. omicron was first detected in south africa, and now has been confirmed in 20 countries. still not the u.s. though. and the cdc director says the u.s. now has far more tools today to fig...

Have said if it's not here yet, it's inevitable it will be here at some point. and this effort includes ramping up surveillance at airports. where those travelers are often coming in. and there are four major airports across the united states where they are doing that tonight. newark, of course, in new jersey, jfk in new york, atlanta and san francisco as well. all of these airports and the cdc director said today they are sequencing these test samples. that's a way to figure out where this virus, this variant is. >> we have increased our genomic sequencing capability and we are now sequencing...

Four major airports across the united states, they're ramping up surveillance. san francisco, jfk, newark and atlanta. in addition to that, they're conducting samples, testing new samples to see if they can find the variant. >> we have increased our genomic sequencing capability and we are sequencing approximately 80,000 samples per week. one in every seven pcr positive cases. we are actively looking for the omicron variant right here in the united states. right now, there's no evidence of omicron in the united states. >> reporter: wolf, it is not here yet, they believe it will be soon. they'l...