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Will be restricted from entering the united states. this move comes just minutes after the world health organization designated a new variant of concern with covid, and named it omicron. concerns over the new variant have led to multiple international travel bands, to global markets tumbling today, and to scientists already testing the impact of this variant on the vaccine's effectiveness. the fear is that omicron could evade immunity and spread more easily. this was first detected in south africa. the health minister there issued an alert yesterday saying this variant has had an unusually hig...

Restrictions will buy the u.s. more time to learn about the variant. the world health organ aceh moving quickly, and they gave it a name, omicron. investors around the world of rattled, the dow jones logging its worst day in more than a year. arlette scenes is live from nantucket, pete muntean is outside reagan airport. what did the president have to say today? >> reporter: jim, president biden said he wants to take a cautious a3r067 when it comes to this new omicron variant. that's why he's decided to issue restrictions in that southern