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The coming weeks. it takes effect december 43rd and will be concern 3rd and will be value waited-- reevaluated january 15th. while the new omicron variant has yet to be detected in new york state, it's coming. so far the u.s. has reported no cases of this new variant first identified in south africa, but dr. anthony fauci says he wouldn't be surprised if it's the already here. >> we have not detect thed it yet, but when you have a virus that is showing this degree of transmissibility and you're already having travel-related cases that they've noted in israel, belgium and in other places, when ...

Of omicron which has also surfaced in belgium, israel and hong kong. no cases have yet been reported in the u.s. new york governor kathy hoe cull has issued an emergency hospital order limiting elective surgeries just in case. president biden with these words of caution as he and the world await more answers on the new strain. >> we don't know a lot about the variant except that it is of great concern, seems to spread rapidly. arthel: we have live fox news team coverage. jacqui heinrich, she's with the president, and we're going to first start with jonathan serrie who is live in atlanta, home ...

Republic of congo, travel thed through europe, so there was a wide variety of people wearing masks on airplanes. you're in close proximity, so it's a good idea to have extra layers of protection. there's nothing like added layers to prevent potential of spread. arthel: absolutely. and, listen, there have been other variants in between delta and omicron. explain why these different variants continue to crop up. >> well, the thing is about this virus just like other viruses, the more opportunity it has to spread, the more opportunity it has to replicate. and when it replicates, it mutates. when ...