i mentioned it earlier when the beta advair -- beta varit was discovered in south africa, it was labeled south african variant although it was never proven it originated from south africa. it was just detected here. same thing with the current variant. the consequences were terrible for the economy. tourists went down big time. it was a big hit for the economy and south africa is still recovering. theres a massive unemployment cris. there is a potty -- a poverty isis. in other variant, that is very bad. that will bring more restrictions. that could be a big problem for south africa once again . >> reporting from cape town. thank you. let's look at the other stores we are following. russian authorities have caught up -- have called off a search for miners trapped underground after an explosion of a coal mine in siberia. the death toll has risen to 52 including rescue workers. more than 200 people were brought to safety. bangladesh has sent a further -- refugees to the bay of bengal. the government began transporting people a year ago and says the island can accommodate 100,000 inhabitants

so that's now why we have, of course, alpha, beta, gamma, delta, etc. you say on this shot from covariance dot org little confusing way. but if we follow this greek alphabet naming system, then this new variance be 115 to $9.00 would actually be called the new variance and you that is. but when visualizing variance, it's always important to remember, they are constantly evolving in scope and science. now, this is from next strain dot org sound, a little ominous if the global picture of the variance over the course of the pandemic. now all of these ones that you see, i'm gonna circle them here, the greens and blues here, those are all del, for on. there are inefficiently 3 delta strains easily. it is the most prevalent and, and long lasting. and i'll just get rid of those, and we'll go a little further down and you will see these other blue and purple ones. gamma is there. alpha is there, and beta is there. they sort of piece it out. but then we have 21 k here. this little red dot, which is our new variant. that's the global view. but if we switch to an

u at the beta was poland border and now flying back home. the thousands more still brave in cold temperatures as their future remains uncertain. the g 7 is cooling up by the roost and the crisis ah, hello, i'm adrian for again. this is al 0 alive from doha. also coming up i got to get an update from saddam where security forces abuse tear gas on protest has a day after they open fire open. we are shop meeting you. thanks and i see i feel my deep blue mate, germany's parliament debates, whether to impose new coven 19 restrictions as infection surge across europe, plus will have the latest on the disaster unfolding in western canada was severe flooding was forced the government to declare an emergency. ah, g southern nations, corum bella, rooster and the refugee and migrant crisis on the border with poland. thousands, a still living and makeshift camps in freezing conditions. bella rooster set up some shelters, but there's no sign of any resolution and it stand off with poland. e u leaders have accused bella ruth of trying to push migrants int

more with family to miller in johannesburg. deja vu isn't it for me that i had the beta very which started in south africa. wow. feel that years ago. doesn't it now they're starting again. i wonder if there's a rush not only for people to get out, but to get vaccinated as well. well, that is one of the issues of concern around this detection of a new variant. there's certainly a significant amount of vaccine hesitancy in this country. 41 percent of adults have received at least one shot, but only 35 percent have received 2 shots of any sort of vaccine. and that is an issue of concern, but also we have profess sciences experts there who say that this concept of her immunity is never gonna happen. south africa is far behind the target of 70 percent of the population being backs unaided. and so the detection of this new variant is especially of concern, but also what sciences here want to point out is that so africa has been at the forefront of sequencing and surveillance of corona virus. and that it's not necessarily a case of this being a south african variant, but one that was identified h

and we built one for beta. we could build one for omicron and only use it if we see the current one doesn't work. >> jp morgan goes from 42 to 53 on pfizer. >> pfizer should be bought because of something that joe and andrew asked this morning. it is going to be an anewity it is absolutely true. i remember when they first told me there would be a booster there was blowback that they were trying to privateer but the booster is obviously incredibly effective >> he was talking about the oral anti-viral. >> there, i was going to say, this is the real hope. >> it showed significant rooks in hospitalizations and deaths we got revised data from merck's, the one i have been following closely, which showed a reduction of about 30, 33% in hospitalizations however, deaths, at least 90%. my understanding is actually in the trial, the person who did die, no in the the placebo group, actually it was not related to covid and so the panel on merck's drug meets tomorrow the advisory pam meets tomorrow. we don't have a date yet

south african scientists discovered the beta variant.hile detection here does not mean it originated there, the same case for the current variant, it has devastating impacts on the economy of the country. there were lots of travel restrictions imposed on south africans who were not allowed to travel to many countries abroad. this also reduced the number of tourist arrivals here in south africa. a scenario we are likely to see again at a time when summer, the major tourist season has just started and would have brought much-needed boost to the tourism industry. the pandemic has made a poverty crisis in south africa worse and no end in sight. >> let us bring in the head of the division of medical virology at this university and he joins me from cape town. welcome to the program. the who is calling this variant one of concern. does tt mean? >> it means it h properties that are of conrn and it either can invade the immune response, infect vaccinated individuals, or it causes more severe disease, or is more easily transmissible or any combina

vaccines may not work quite so well against this one because it doesn't work quite as well against betas been saying all along, these vaccines do work, even against beta and gamma, and certainly we expect it to work against this as well. it might not be quite as good as stopping you having passing the disease from one person to another, which we have already seen with two doses with delta, that you can stop the virus up delta, that you can stop the virus up and pass it on, which is why we are doing the booster programme. we are doing the booster programme. we are hoping this programme will protect us against whatever variant comes along. let protect us against whatever variant comes along-— protect us against whatever variant comes alon. , ., ,~' i. .,, comes along. let me 'ust ask you, as the scientists _ comes along. let me 'ust ask you, as the scientists try — comes along. let me 'ust ask you, as the scientists try to _ comes along. let me just ask you, as the scientists try to find _ comes along. let me just ask you, as the scientists try to find out - comes along. let me just ask y

high beta. let's figure out what is happening.oolittle, over to you will stop abigail: we are seeing a bounce back after the selloff we saw on friday. once sector staying where it has been, the airlines. over last 15 trading sessions they airlines almost in a bear market. a very big slide in a short time. friday a huge slide, down 8%, the worst slide on a daily basis going back more than a year as traders were fearful that airline travel will slow to a halt. you can see this slide. that reflects jet fuel concerns as well. overall negativity. where we also have negativity but where we had bullish activity on friday, the stay-at-home stops. friday was all about travel down. today we had stay-at-home down sharply. zoom, netflix. that is not a new story because folks have been hoping this pandemic, traders thinking the pandemic is closer to an end where we are learning to live with it. the extension to what we see for some of the shares. we have a continued rally on the day. pfizer not so much anymore. overall the vaccine makers are h

it has similar mutations tt we see in the beta variant, some aspects of immunity, and it has mutationsmmon to the delta variant. so, it is likely to have higher transmissibility. and those characteristics to gather pose a problem. we don't yet know how this virus is behaving, it is only just being described, but we are extrapolating based on mutations that we know from the other variants. ros: bearing in mind everything you just said, sir, what should be done in south africa, botswana, and globally? >> the first important point is that it has highlighted the importance of good surveillance, and we picked it up at a very early point. so the critical aspects now is that this first set of cases have come from a group of university students. so, tracking them down, establishing how widespread this variant is among those students, is our first port of call. then, it would be to increase surveillance and establish of this variant is currently distributed, and is it growing at a particularly rapid pace, and then would come guidance about what restrictions we need to put in place while the sea

he says a beta version of tesla's full driving self-driving software causes car to steer into the wronge. triggering that crash. no one was hurt. but the driver has now filed a complaint with the national highway traffic safety administration, federal regulators, meanwhile, say they have been asking tesla for more details about their beta testing program, including nondisclosure agreements signed by the testers. >> for your money tonight. another round of california stimulus checks have now been sent out the state franchise tax board is issuing nearly 750,000 checks to those who filed paper tax returns this year. some of the payments will also be direct deposit in order to qualify for the $600 payment. you must have earned $75,000 or less per individual in 2020. this is the second round of the golden state stimulus payments checks could take about 3 weeks to arrive. >> and it was a great saturday afternoon for the bay area. but find out what's in store for the 2nd half of your weekend bay area forecast after the break. >> a 3 year-old boy abducted in sacramento yesterday has found safe

so if this new virus is a variant similar in behavior to the beta variant, it is possible that those infected with alpha or delta, that that immunity will not be that great. that was just one paper i saw, and we have to obviously take that with a grain of salt. kailey: if you select there are more questions with ans -- more questions than answers on this thing. fears are growing that this new virus strain may spread more globally, and money markets are now offloading bets on central bank just rate hikes in a hurry -- bank interest rate hikes in avery -- in a hurry. joining us now with that part of the story is bloomberg intelligence chief u.s. interest rates strategist ira jersey. what do you make of this very decisive move today? ira: we have moved back. we are still pricing for host of a july hike, so even though the first full hike isn't priced for september, we are still priced for july. one of the things the markets are really looking at here is how additional lockdowns might affect the global economy broadly, and inflation in particular. when you look at the inflation swaps mar

they already showed that for delta and beta. that is number one.f that is not the case, they've got vaccines against beta. does that help? because omicron is a bit closer to beta then it is to other variants. that is the sort of information i am looking for, which i think is the first we get in the next few weeks. then of course, how much -- with it alix: we've heard about mild symptoms to show that this maybe isn't a delta-type scenario. do mild symptoms automatically mean less hospitalizations and less deaths? sam: to be honest, i don't put any stock in that comment at all at the minute. this is one country with a relatively low number of cases with a much younger population than other countries, different comorbidities and background infection. you just can't make a decision on how bad this virus is until you have seen it more broadly infecting people, song afraid i don't buy that yet, but i wish it to be true. guy: that would be nice. i think there are some upside scenarios here come about the moment, obviously the muscle memory teaches us to b

between jodi tell us over was inter before arriving in beta, which is among the battle grounds where the regional rivalry between saudi arabia and iran plays out. it's also being bought in yemen where the pro iranian hotels are making their way into my rep, the governments last stronghold in the north diet. the accusing kind of support being that are in the very security, the off y and the united states, the day long to keep the minimum and it seems to us and saudi arabia have different priorities. washington backs prime minister matthews government and has called on golf. countries to restore ties with living on that needs in national support. saudi arabia has long channeled funds into this country is fragile economy, but it has it with health support in recent years. because of has valez influence gulf. our states are a lifeline for hundreds of thousands of lebanese. and lebanon's leaders are trying to find a way out of the diplomatic rift, which was worse than political divisions and added to the economic turmoil. the crisis is rooted beyond lebanon's borders and geopolitical riva

possibly low beta industries.gher sectors. liz: a low beta value typically means the stocks are considered less risky. if you look at it from the bring -- from theprism of the russel. it's looking to see a gain of nearly 5%. to what do you attribute that? >> i think there is a broad tendency for the russell to outperform when the dollar is strengthening. it tends to be smaller industries and less dependent on exports. you want to be careful you don't go too far off the beta curve. if it's risky and the markets begin to fear tightening. some of those industries may do more poorly. but the smaller industries, domestic ones, should do well. liz: steven, thank you so have much. the dollar is the big story. that is going to do it. here is the closing bell ring. the dow there close up 183 points, nasdaq up 158. david: welcome to "kudlow," i'm david asman in for larry kudlow. the president convening his first cabinet meeting since early july. almost every member of that cabinet is facing a crisis. secretary blinken on af

because both of beta began to faction as well. this is a very worried sun, and this pirates, you know, it's also the, if you look at the happening object signals, it's spiking across south africa, not just in wonder where to region 6 or 7 region. so south africa. and it's in transmitting very quickly worldwide. it's also arrived in hong kong and had immediately to break through cases and which luckily were caught in hotel warranty. but it is very worried phone, and the fact that evaded the vaccines of the 2 people. these 2 people in hong kong were both double for pfizer. by onset backs and it also lends credibility that this virus is very, very you basis and could both really bad properties and could become worse than delta. what is it about a corona virus or this corona virus, that when it's going through the process of mutating, it mutates in the direction of travel. that means it's stronger than what's gone before. well, what happens is that if it's not stronger than with before, see right. now the king so far in the past 6 mon

certainly the polls are showing that he would be beta rourke, and i think that speaks more to betas, lack popularity in texas, and it does to connie. but overall, you know, con, hey, as a christmas, he has a career as an actor. he's, you know, he has what people i think relate to as far as the believe there's an authenticity to him which, you know, it's hard, it's hard to get that right. i mean, there are a lot of movie stars. huge think i don't want it. i can imagine tom presenting for president, right? it's like you're a great, you know, your great what you do, but to the out of politics, people, i think trust me become a hand away that we will see how it plays out. obviously he does run and what he ultimately, what kind of issues you know, he takes up as his, as his cause. but it's, you know, it's really too early to call, you know, which direction this could shape you know, which direction this race will take next year. and so we just saw caitlin gen are going through that campaign the governor's campaign. now granted, it was kind of an uphill battle from the very beginning. they

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it's a high valuation, high growth, high beta stock and it's not meant to be in place of a reit or a bond so i think most people understand that and have positioned themselves in it if they bought it accordingly a company hasn't reported earnings yet, by the way earnings are coming up so i think that's a potential upside catalyst, hopefully >> pete, i find so interesting is that we talk about going further into apple and microsoft as you did with these new calls at the top of the show you're still buying new calls in, you know, what some people say is the most frothy part of the market and that's evs. it's new lucid calls that you rolled up to the november 48 and it's new ford calls after a huge run in that stock. can you take me through that process where you can have half your brain and as you say, no p-e stocks make you nervous and then the other half of your brain say, well, yeah, but i still like these opportunities from an options standpoint even if it's really frothy. >> sure. >> and that's exactly right, scott, and there are ways that you can use the options in a lot of diffe

mutaciones que presenta esta nueva variante se asemeje a una que se había dado en sudáfrica, la variante betaeocupa. en sudáfrica solo 35% de adultos está completamente vacunado contra el covid-19. esta noticia derrumbó mercados en todo el planeta. cayó más de 900 puntos, lo que es la peor caída en el año. los analistas temen que omicrón pueda frenar la economía por la pandemia. >> la cepa omicrón ha sido detectada en israel, malau, bélgica . el bloque decidió suspender los vuelos del sur de áfrica. viajeros sienten que es necesario tomar precaución >> me preocupa porque no se podrá viajar >> el año pasado no lo hicimos y ha sido muy duro >> esta nueva cepa llega a europa en medio de un brote de covid-19. austria y eslovaquia están en confinamiento total >> la farmacéutica merck indica que su pastilla contra el covid-19 no es tan eficaz como se pensaba. puede reducir hospitalizaciones y muertes solo un 30% de lo que se pensaba. debatirán sobre este medicamento hasta la próxima semana >> ♪ [música] ♪ >> luego de ansiado regreso por el día de acción de gracias, volvieron también los cazaofertas

is that it didn't have many of the mutations we seen in beta and gamma so this is a reason to really get vaccinated if you have infections because it's going to increase your community, make it more robust especially against these variants and there is data that maybe only one dose is necessary for people who recover so if you can get the johnson and johnson vaccine is a one and done vaccine and your community will be topped off. this is another reasonpeople who have prior infection would benefit from vaccinations . >> let's hear from michael in connecticut. michael. you're on with doctor fauci. >> thank you for taking my call. i had taken the john hopkins university risk, calculator in 2021. i'm 79 years old. i was worried about my risk. it was a 99.96 percent risk. so not dying was a captain leader from johns hopkins university so i never get vaccinated. is that calculator in line with your thinking that i'm low risk and i have no comorbidities? >> the fact you have low comorbidities puts you at lower risk but your age puts you at higher risk t. most people survive fromthe vaccine

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after alpha, beta, gamma, afteralpha, beta, gamma, delta, comes omicron, which scientists think couldo be driving a rise in infections in south africa, but it's too early to be certain what's happening as cases only started increasing ten days ago from a very low level. the world health organization said omicron shows why the world needs a new global agreement on how to prevent, prepare and respond to pandemics. brute agreement on how to prevent, prepare and respond to pandemics.— and respond to pandemics. we should all be wide awake _ and respond to pandemics. we should all be wide awake for the _ and respond to pandemics. we should all be wide awake for the threat - and respond to pandemics. we should all be wide awake for the threat of - all be wide awake for the threat of this virus — all be wide awake for the threat of this virus. but omicron's very emergence is another reminder that although— emergence is another reminder that although many of us might think we are done _ although many of us might think we are done with covid—19, it's not done _ are done with covid—19, it's not

is taking over delta in south africa very quickly it took about four months for delta to take over betake over. we know it is in several countries already. we believe this virus is highly infectious, more than delta. i think what happened, coming from south africa over the weekend. i believe most with direct flights from south africa within the last 7 to 10 days already have cases in their country they may not be aware of. two key things one is the vaccine efficacy. it is highly possibility that efficacy is going down we need to wait know if this is true and how many it is going down the second piece we need to keep an open mind is the virus and the disease. this will take 2 to 6 weeks to really know. it could be more virelent or less i don't believe what is going to happen in the next week or twos that because if you think about it, you have less population and not a lot of comorbidity going back to that question about vaccines, we saw from the beta variant there was what doctor fauci likes to call the diminution it seems they could provide protection from the severe disease. what dimi

this time with the omicron outbreak and variant than they were with the beta variant.roblem, of course, is the sequencing in south africa is at high levels and exemplary. what happens in countries around is a different story. and we still don't really know where the source of these particular variants -- of this particular variant was. dani: professor, you mentioned cases were high even without this variant being a concern. does all of this come together and mean that we should look potentially at another holiday season that gets disrupted akin to that of 2020? >> i would really hope that is not going to be the case. we built up so much knowledge. we have highly effective vaccines. even if this variant is implicated in some, it is unlikely the vaccines will not continue to protect us against severe disease and death. that is a really important message to convey. we have not had a variant to date that has done that. what governments around the world are trying to do is be proportionate and emphasize the public health messaging, try to do what we can. but i think it is o

they made a beta-specific vaccine. they were trialing those at various times during this pandemic. didn't end up needing them because the current vaccines were still effective against those strains, and that could happen here as well. so, you know, hate to be the person who echoes that "i don't know," but i think that's the most honest answer right now. once we get those lab studies and see clinical data in terms of hospitalizations around the world, we'll have a much better idea. >> absolutely. it's good to see you, sanjay. thank you so much. >>> a quick programming note, please join sanjay and anderson cooper for a new cnn global town hall. dr. anthony fauci will be joining them and answering your questions about the omicron variant. "coronavirus facts and fears" tomorrow night 8:00 p.m. eastern only on cnn. >>> coming up for us, the lead scientist who helped discover the omicron variant will be joining us live from south africa to talk about what they are uncovering about this new strain. >>> also ahead, how will this new variant impact president biden's economic agenda? we know

>> it's possible, but again, based on what we've learned so far with alpha, beta, gamma and delta, the vac teens which are generated against the original virus hill work and the boosters work particularly well. this san important point, where people are listening who haven't gotten boosted but did get their original vark ccine and eligibl this is another reason. the booster enlarges the capacity of your immune system to recognize all kinds of different spike proteins it's never seen. this is a great day to get boosted or find out how to do so at vaccines.gov. but question, we worry in the worst case you might have a virus that is so different that the vaccines really don't enable you to have protection, that's the kind of thing we need to check out as quickly as possible. we'll get some sense of that already from what's happening in south africa, because about 37% of south africans are vaccinated. we should be able to find out in the next two or three weeks is the protection that they're having somewhat better than the unvaccinated people? that data is going to start to emerge and we'l

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some of the other variants lambda and beta did not have higher transmissibility like debt that. because they were not as transmissible, delta was able to get around first to people. delta is what he's been dominant. now with omicron, the concern is it also seems to have greater transmissibility based on the genetic code and the observations from south africa. that's why the w.h.o. has called it concerning because it combines the genetic code that reduces vaccine effectiveness and treatment effectiveness, but also greater transmissibility. >> when you hear that some of these pharmaceutical companies are saying we may have to amend our vaccine somewhat to account for omicron. there are a lot of people who got their vaccine but thaw' now in the booster phase. should they wait to get the boosters? >> absolutely no. go get your booster today. our experience with delta has shown that with that variant, boosting your antibodies gave you greater protection. again, we don't know what the next two weeks will bring with omicron. again it's not an on/off switch. the more antibodies you have

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this variant has some properties of alpha, of beta, of delta. it has created unique mutations to add to that. we have some of the old and have added some of the new into it. ten of the mutationtion are susceptible to the binder domain. the delta variant only had two mutations in this particular area of the virus. so it's certainly a variant we are watching. we want to just keep an eye on it. we are all interconnected, interdependent. when south africa sneezes, the whole world can be affected. we have to think about this as a global pandemic. we can't continue with community immunity meaning some areas have vaccines, some areas don't have vaccines, even within the united states as we see people opting out of vaccines and some people opting in because the unvaccinated populationtion, wherever they are in the world and for whatever reasons they exist, perform -- create this nitus of more variants developing that can subsequently have potential to be variants of concern or, at worst, variants of high consequence. we must continue to push vaccination

the driver saying a beta test version of tesla's full self-driving software caused his model y suv toto the wrong lane and get hit. fortunately no one was hurt. the driver has now filed a complaint with the national highway traffic safety administration. federal regulators say they've been asking tesla for more information about this beta testing program, including nondisclosure agreements that have been signed by testers. >> talk about our 4 zone forecast tonight. a live look at the goldey gate bridge as we get ready for the start of sunday. >> our meteorologist respond rig as joining us now with a look ahead. and also our next chance of rain. yeah, we're actually tracking wet weather to return to the bay area starting thursday afternoon through thursday night. but from now until then, warm dry days ahead. let's take a live look outside san francisco international airport. >> radar for tracking clear skies starting to see the return of the dense low clouds and fog making its way into parts of the east bay specifically in contra costa this evening. so just a heads up there for those o

it has similar mutations to what we have seen in the beta variant.s mutations that are also common to the delta variant. it is likely to have higher transmissibility. those characteristics together pose a problem. we don't yet know -- it is only just been described but we know based on the other mutations, it highlighted the importance of good surveillance. we picked it up at a very early point. the could a local aspects now is that the first set of cases have come from a group of university students. tracking them down, establishing how widespread the variant is among the students is our first port of call. then to establish how the variant is distributed and is it growing at a rapid pace? then would come some guidance about what restrictions we need to put in place while research is underway to establi if the vaccines remain effective against the variant. >> stay with us for more on this. the u.n. refugee agency says the deaths of 27 people on wednesday as they attempted to cross the english channel could have been avoided. it says closing off rout

the driver saying a beta version of tesla's full self-driving software caused his car to steer it to the wrong lane which caused the crash. no one was hurt. the driver has now filed a complaint with the national highway traffic safety administration. federal regulators say they've been asking tesla for more information about their beta testing program, including nondisclosure agreements signed by testers. we do have some new developments tonight out of the cop. 26 climate summit that's happening in an unprecedented move world leaders have drafted an agreement directly calling out fossil fuels and their role in global warming that deal was reached this morning after all, the talks went into overtime previous cop. 26 agreements have never cited cole. oil and gas as a driving force of climate change. the latest draft urges nations around the world to use clean power generators said accelerate efforts towards phasing out. fossil fuels. the agreement also refers to a just transition assuring people don't lose their livelihoods or any access to power when moving into green energy. >> envir

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alpha, beta, gamma and delta. at least 30 mutations in the spike protein alone that we know lead to immune invasion and escape and also increased replication so this is what makes it so concerning to us. >> what we hear again and again from health experts over the past 48 showers we don't know too much about this variant but people should get a vaccine or a booster if they have already had their first two shots, but here you're saying it's possible, even likely, that this could elude the vaccine, so how do you reconcile those two statements? >> yeah. look, i think, paula, you know, we have to go through a couple of weeks yet of uncertainty. there are three questions we really need answers to, our transmissible is this variant? howie is veer is it, and will the antibodies that were produced in response to the current vaccines affect it and we won't know that last question answer for a couple of weeks but the best prositex to get vaccinated if you're on the fence. if you haven't been vaccinated get vaccinated and no

there have been a few we've heard of alpha, beta, delta, omicron that have risen to these variants oft are variants of interest that really never amount to anything. so there's enough signals here that the scientific community is worried. they've seen it become the dominant strain in south africa quickly. that speaks to its contagiousness. they still have to learn more about that. it is in 15 plus countries around the world despite the fact the first specimen that identified this was collected just three weeks ago. this is unfolding real time. we are seeing the scientific process unfold. i think it is the mutations again these signals, one called e-484k. that can sometimes cloak itself from antibodies. maybe making it less susceptible to the vaccines. there is another one that can potentially make it more transmissible. when you add them all together is it going to lead to something really problematic? they don't know. this is kind of like we're going around a blind curve, got bad signals there, pumping the brakes a little bit. i think that is how they're approaching this right now. >

beta first detected in south africa. gamma emerging from brazil. and of course delta, first documented in india. which has become the dominant strain worldwide. now we do not know yet how much omicron could be dame. jurors the south african doctor described the as extremely mild. it seems to be more transmissible than earlier strains. according to south african scientists. many are issuing new travel bans. country like japan, morocco, barring all foreigners from entering their countries. united states imposed a ban on travelers from eight south african nations. president biden urged americans to remain calm and all. this >> this variant is a cause for concern, not a cause for. panic we have the best vaccine in the, world the best medicines, the best scientists. and we are learning more every single day. we will fight this variant with scientific and knowledgeable actions. not chaos and confusion. >> some on the right are losing their minds. not worrying about the variant, but claiming that the existence of a variant is a big global conspiracy. they

. >> like beta, like gamma, and even like the two that never really took off. given that what we know, it makes sense to get the booster shot as soon as people can. >> he also believes the variant is already in the united states. we have posted an explaining on nbcbayarea.com, and click on the trending bar at the top of our home page. >>> from calls to defund police to cries to get more cops on the streets. it comes after the death of a man killed while trying to stop a car break-in. today we spoke with the victim's mother. >> oakland city leaders are asking for the violence to stop. the mayor wants to add more police officers on the streets and it comes as the latest victim, 28-year-old eric davis was gunned down on lake marist sunday afternoon and he was trying to stop somebody from breaking into a car. we spoke to his mother and aunt who live in l.a. >> he was our heart. he cared about everybody. >> eric will take up for whoever can't take up for themselves. >> he was heavily involved in the new mt. pleasant missionary baptist church in l.a., teaching bible

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the new variant is genetically distinct from beta and delta variant. but scientists don't know what the genetic changes. make it more transmissible or dangerous as international worry creeps n travel bans are taking effect starting monday. the biden administration will restrict travel from south africa, botswana, zimbabwe and several other african countries today european union nations agreed to impose a ban on travel from southern africa to counter its spread. additionally, the uk also banned flights from south africa and 5 other southern african countries and announced that anyone who had recently arrived from those countries would be asked to take a covid test. i think it's a it's a move in the right direction at this time, too. >> we really clear understanding of this new variants doctor anthony fauci spoke on cnn's new day a crime. >> he says u.s. officials are in close contact with south african experts in that there's no sign on the kron has entered the u.s. of course, anything is possible. we don't know that there's no indication that it is rig

july, there was another variant known as the c12 variant, which was a combination of the delta and betance, which by itself would have been decimating. however, the delta variant very much terminated. so what needs to happen? it will not be much use in the medium term. what we need to do, yes, is impose some sort of expectations to and from the country, ensure that basically before they depart the country, and perhaps when they arrive in the country where they are traveling too, but imposing a blanket ban on a handful of countries is extreme to believe that that is going to prevent the spread of the virus. >> briefly, do you believe the situation would be different if the vaccine rates in south africa was a lot higher? am i right in saying only about 35% of the population is fully vaccinated? >> the percentage of the population fully vaccinated is quite low. but at the end of the day, it is not just about vaccines. we experience ongoing situations with the virus, and yes, new variants are likely to transpire should there be new variant -- should there be a virus circulating, as in south

these beta coronavirus viruses, we see this they become endemic. they just remain in societies. >> gabe, realistically, how soon can we expect to see a confirmed omicron case here in the u.s. >> reporter: very quickly, lester. the white house says the u.s. is sequencing nearly 80,000 samples per week, more than any other country, so it is only a matter of time, lester. >> all right gabe gutierrez in new york tonight thank you. >>> as you heard some of the first alarm bells about this new variant came from south africa where scientists quickly identified it after seeing a covid surge in an area where cases dropped off. richard engel spoke with one of those scientists. >> reporter: gauteng province which surrounds johannesburg is south africa's most populus district and it's what's happening here that's triggered alarm in south africa and now around the world we have been following gauteng for over a year, a district of poor townships only 24% of south africa's population is fully vaccinated gauteng has been hit by wave after wave of covid. cases had