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The new COVID variant Pirola is spreading fast across the world and cases have doubled in just a week. The variant is now present in 4 continents and testing has started using wastewater samples. While governments have not addressed it as a serious issue, it is suspected that the variant might surpass previous vaccine immunities.

The prime minister there saying it was the only way to make sure that hospitals wouldn't be overwhelmed. again, just because of the rate at which this variant spreads. here in the uk, as you mentioned, andrea, there's a real political issue when it comes to imposing more restrictions. scientists have been pushing for them. boris johnson, the prime minister met with his cabinet this afternoon. so far no announcement on a fresh lockdown. he would have a really, really tough time selling that to his party, andrea. >> yeah, and as i was just alluding to, they had an election a couple of days ago, ...

In place at the airport to acam date for the rise in infections? >> reporter: no big changes yet, jim. remember early in the pandemic, there weren't many changes very quickly to begin with. so many people are having that go/no go discussion but we're seeing millions of people are still going regardless of these new infection rates. the tsa screened 2.12 million people at airports across the country just yesterday. that is the fourth straight day that we've seen higher than 2 million people at airports nationwide, in fact the number on friday the highest number we have seen since the monday aft...