let's go to the suburb of crypton in johannesburg. find me in a reporting for us the morning for me to expecting a big turn out today. all that is the big question for many of the political parties participating in this election. whether or not people won't turn out to vote, given the number of complaints and disgruntlement, especially with the african national congress who is governing south africa here in clipton. specifically, it's a, an area in switzer, the oldest township in johannesburg. and during the years of a party, it was sideline, specifically because it was a black township. and now, 27 years into democracy, people here say little has changed and the a and c has done that little to help them. we had a community center which is now a polling station just outside. there's a dirt road to with pot holes. it's a community where there are a number of informal settlements and homes that are a bolt using corrugated iron, a homes that aren't able to accommodate people adequately. also an area where the buckets system for toilets i

13 passengers from south africa, they were on 2 passenger flights that came from cape town in johannesburg. with nearly 600 people on board that was on friday. more countries are imposing travel bands and restrictions as well. morocco is suspending all inbound flights for 2 weeks. israel shut its borders to all foreigners. and this is creating a lot of anger about the travel band, south africa in particular, which says it is being unfairly targeted for sharing data about the variance. let's take you to south africa now the south african present several rubber porter addressing the nation, austria, denmark. and these are the, any identification of this variant is the result of the excellent work done by our scientists in south africa. and it's a direct result of the investment that our science and innovation, as well as the health departments have made in our, you know, make surveillance capabilities. we are one of the countries in the world that set up a surveillance network throughout the country to help us monitor the behavior of covered 19 the early detection of this variant and the wor

for me to mila, i'll to 0 johannesburg. dr. oscar elaine is an epidemiologists and us public health official. he told us earlier, he understands south africa's position, but governments are right to act on what they know about the new variant. you have a variant which has about 30 mutations on the spite protein. so that alone is alarming. or there's concerned because of not much information about it, about it's rapid rate of spread. in addition, unknown whether there will be more implications on the treatments that are available. will it disable or make the vaccine effort minimize or, or lessened, or even the anti react monochrome antibodies would be other treatments? will it have a negative impact? so with that, i guess there's an error on the side of caution, but i totally understand the concern from the south african government, especially because of the policy and the financial implications to its industry as well. but we are in the mid to the global pandemic, which is showing us that it's not slowing down. and that's where

she joins us live from johannesburg. for me do this is all quite troubling stuff as needs begins to filter, right. 3 about these new cases and you variance, at was the reaction, been like inside the africa itself, where to be fair, they're the ones excited the alarm a bite, this new strain. and that's the, precisely the message that the government is putting out that we've done good work . our scientists have been at the forefront of ensuring that they stay on top of any changes in the virus in detecting any mutations. and that's exactly what they've done, and they've also been transparent. and now instead of that being appreciated, i suppose south africa and the southern african region is being punished for coming forward with that information, especially as we see cases in other parts of the world. the government has called it nothing less than punishment and that it's unwarranted. it creates uncertainty and panic. and we've also heard from scientists in south africa who have said that we need to be cautious about what

but flights are continuing to learn, one due in from johannesburg in about an hour one due in from johannesburg in about an hour and another from one due in from johannesburg in about an hour and anotherfrom cape town. i spoke to the airport earlier today and they said as soon as those passengers land, they will be subjected to pcr tests right away. these arrivals are causing a lot of concern in the netherlands, facing record—breaking infection rates and, of course, today new messages are coming into place to try to stop the hospitals here from becoming overwhelmed.— hospitals here from becoming overwhelmed. , , overwhelmed. those people, when they arrived, overwhelmed. those people, when they arrived. there — overwhelmed. those people, when they arrived, there was _ overwhelmed. those people, when they arrived, there was quite _ overwhelmed. those people, when they arrived, there was quite a _ overwhelmed. those people, when they arrived, there was quite a lot _ overwhelmed. those people, when they arrived, there was quite a lot of - arrived, there was quite a lot of consternation wasn't there

well also in johannesburg. is them be so if i could they a political analyst and senior research fellow at africa, asia dialogues, and it's good to have a withers on the news, or how do you think after the de klerk will be remembered? well, they'll be, he'll remember differently by different people because of, of his role as the last a parted president. but having said that days also says little number of south africans all remember him, fondly having done what most of his just tried to says has failed to do. that is initiate political discussions with the african national congress on behalf of black people in south africa. so the east bed sizable number of people from both sides are from both the blacks and whites will, will remember him finally. but as for me to said in that report, many young people to regard him as part and parcel of the old group, both a racist of the gunners who or press to their forefathers. did he, did he ever express regrets for the apartheid system that a he helped to our charade so,

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for me to mila al jazeera johannesburg. will us get more detail on the situation in the netherlands with dozens of passengers from south africa tested positive? here's what we know. the t flight sickle from kate turn on johannesburg at 1 am local time on friday, with only 600 people on board that don't share line can't say whether a negative test was required before departure. midway through the 11, our flights country started shuffling their borders or shutting their borders rather to south africa and islands announced its own ban i once they arrived in amsterdam, people were kept in plains on the tarmac for hours before being bused to testing facilities. and so far, at least 61 people have tested positive for corona virus and being kept in isolation. lamps are still analyzing those samples to see if they have tested positive for the only kron variance. that is the situation there. let's get more detail on the as far as from accent pisec here at she is with the university college london school of pharmacy and joins us. no

miller reports from johannesburg. angelie good here is the south african doctor who 1st to take the new symptoms in patients who had contract cove at 19. well, she says the symptoms up until ya cases so far have been mild. so what is interesting is that, that the clinical symptoms or not the same, then with delta, extreme tightness, and fatigue, and the young people that was how we 1st detected with a bit of her body i, campaign, and headache. very, very similar to what you will normally see with any viral infection. so the africa has to take to just over 50 cases of the new variant and enabling but swanner 19 people have been infected. they've also been cases in belgium, israel and other countries. so i to say it may take up to 2 weeks to better understand the variance to determine how easily it spreads and how well vaccines work to protect people. because these more than 30 mutations, that might, it might escape the immune system, or it might escape the vaccines. what we have seen so far is people that has been vaccinated species were far as it around we had the last short in august t

i'll jazeera johannesburg. ah, let's bring in our gas in johannesburg, helen rees, chair of the world health organizations, regional immunization, technical advisory for africa, and member of the south african ministerial advisory committee for cove it and coven vaccine. last. so you k julian tang clinical biologist of the university of lester and robert as the dean abraham director of med biotech and medical biotechnology laboratory. thank you all for joining us. helen. since the new variant army crohn was identified, its panic and exile anxiety globally is, is because of the mutations themselves, or because this is an uncharted territory for the health community. when i don't think it is an uncharted territory anymore. unfortunately, i think we've had quite a lot of these scares that the emergence of new variance, if we recall good thinking back to what happened in india. so it's not uncharted, but it is concerning. and we're going to have to do a lot more research to really understand what this new variant i

i'm here on the tambo important johannesburg. this is the main international airport in south africa. and as you can see, the airport is practically deserted. a far cry from the scenes we saw just a short time ago when thousands of people were riding here this but to get on any available flight. often announcement was made that most international travel in and out of fixed african states was being implemented. that announcement came as a complete surprise. you had people that were waiting boarded that was sitting on planes about to take off that they had to disembark. you had people that were waiting in the skies flying that had to turn around and come back. the situation such is that you now have tens of thousands of people who are stranded here in south africa. people who need to get back to jobs and families. and at the same time, you have so many people abroad, many of them, south africans desperate to get into the country. many of them have not been able to visit for at least 2 years. and they have loved ones, some of whom a

speaking to us, back from johannesburg, plenty more. i had only news how, including why doctors in the democratic republic of congo are concerned about the health of mothers to be who live close to cobalt mines. will hear from people coming on to fi and east and ukraine while the year is no conflict that intensifies and a 2nd strike me. when for barcelona, new coach joe will have all the details in ah see don says 6 of its soldiers have been killed during an attack by ethiopian forces. it happened at an army post near a contested border area in gather reef states. the military says this forces repelled the offensive and inflicted heavy losses only alms group. meanwhile, more large protests were expected in su, dawn against last week's deal with the military, restoring prime minister, dela hm, doctor power. but those have been counsel less go straight to whistles sada, who is in khartoum for us. so what's going on? those protests were expected to begin now, but they've just been called off. why wells did the protests. some of the civilia

it was 1st spotted in south africa earlier this month in the areas surrounding johannesburg. but is now believe to be present in almost all provinces . the change is in the 32 mutations to it, what is called the spike protein. this is what the virus use is to penetrate human cells and cause infection. it's also what most vaccines are designed to target, and it could take weeks of work to uncover what impact these changes could have on how effective the vaccines are out there as an a din barber has our report. now. it's the news. no one wants to hear the discovery of a new cobit very cold ami chronic 1st identified in south africa, has hit world stock markets as concerns grow about the new global threat to a health organization has labeled it's a variance of concern w jose. closely monitoring the recently report of a ryan b 11529, early analysis show that this ryan is a large number of patients that require and will undergo further study. the w h o cautioned against hasty counter measures for now, but many governments chose instead to act fast. early indications show this barr

cbs's debora patta reports from johannesburg. >> reporter: this is the cape town home to a revolution. inside the warehouse, rebels in white lab coats have an audacious plan to solve global vaccine inequalities. while more than half the world received one shot, most to have the nations had picks of vaccines, so african countries had to wait. as a result, less than 7% on the continent are fully vaccinated. afrigen technical director dr. caryn fenner said the pandemic was a wakeup call. >> made us realize if no one stipes up, no one else will do it. after pleading with big pharma to share recipes, these scientists are done waiting and taking the development of a covid vaccine into their own hands, so they're replicating moderna's mrna vaccine. despite commitment to global season access, moderna has not given its permission. legally afrigen can take this up to clinical trials, but petro terblanche says to get shots into people's arms, they would need a license agreement with moderna. but some experts globally said it couldn't be done. africa can't produce an mrna vaccine? >> i think we h

thank you for those updates from johannesburg family to mila. let's have a closer look at this new variance in just a bit of back story. remember we started referring to variance by the geography for me to reference that, but then in may, the world health organization rename them will trying to avoid stigmatizing those countries. so now you know, we have alpha, beta, gamma delta, as you see on this chart from covariance dot all little confusingly, if we follow this greek alphabet naming system, then this new varying b 11529 will actually be called the new variance. and you and the w i chose, we heard has been meeting today to decide if this is a variant of interest or concern. but when visualizing varies, it is always important to remember. they keep changing, they evolve in scope and size. this is from next strain dot org, and this is a global picture of all the variance that we've seen over the course of the pandemic. let me just get rid of those sketches from earlier. so that's the course of the pandemic. all of those green and blue ones, the

flights from johannesburg are still arriving in the u.s. and will continue arriving in the u.s. even after these restrictions go into effect tomorrow. tell us about that. >> reporter: that's right. in fact, i just spoke to somebody who had just recently arrived from johannesburg earlier today who described her experience traveling as just a downright nightmare and said when he was in johannesburg that her initial flight was canceled after the emergence of the news of omicron. she was eventually able to get on a flight but she says several people she saw there at the airport in johannesburg were not. i asked her if she had any second flights, she said she didn't. she added that she wouldn't be surprised if it was already in the united states. >> i wouldn't be surprised. and, again, when you have the vaccine you could carry those things and show no symptoms. so people just need to stop panicking so much. >> reporter: we were surprised to learn there was no additional screenings for her either when she arrived back in atlanta. and we're hearing that from other passengers north of u

andrew harding, bbc news, johannesburg. >> let's head to south africa now antalk to dr.d beer, professor at the university of whitmore . thank you so much for joining us today. first of all, do you have a view on whether travel bans are necessary, especially in scenarios like this, where much is known about the actual virus? >> good evening. i think it is completely naive for any country to believe that they can prevent the mutation of the variant by banning travel from a country. there is absolutely no contact with any of the south african countries, and yet what we have come to learn about the virus over the past two years now is this virus is able to disseminate readily, so it is simply not going to work, unless you impose restrictions on every country, effectually, you have basically engaged in something that won't work. >> so much is unknown about this virus and this particular one today. what do you suggest the government to do? >> we need to have a measured approach, like with anything else. in july, there was another variant known as the c12 variant, which was a

i can see canada from my house >> reporter: but with stranded passengers, at johannesburg airport, south africa's president says the global travel restrictions are an over reaction. some doctors there saying the variant symptoms are mild. >> our symptoms are well known >> reporter: but there are mounting questions about omicron's transmissibility, resistance to vaccines and severity of symptoms here is what we know so far based on very limited evidence from south africa, this new strain appears to be highly contagious. here's what we don't know whether the variant is more deadly than previous ones and if our existing vaccines work as well against it all three manufacturers in the u.s. are testing them right now. >> it's highly likely that there will be loss of vaccine efficacy and effectiveness. but whether we will really have to tweak the current vaccines, we just don't know we have to wait a couple weeks before we get the key data. >> reporter: moderna's chief medical officer says that omicron's specific vaccine could take months to manufacture. should americans start getting used to t

. >> reporter: i'm debora patta in johannesburg where scientists are racing against the clock to determine just how dangerous the new variant is. >> evans: here in the u.s., the scramble to keep it out. >> reporter: i'm michael george in new york, with concerns over omicron coming to the u.s. what we know and don't know about the new variant. >> evans: also tonight, holiday shoppers on alert as an alarming smash-and-grab crime spree targets retailers. >> reporter: i'm lilia luciano in los angeles, where shoppers are ready to spend while police are closely watching. >> evans: drug smuggling on the high seas. cbs news, joins the patrol as homeland security works the waters. >> reporter: this is one of the dozens of motorized vessels that they use to track down the drug runners. >> evans: plus, making a comeback-- low tech in high demand. ♪ ♪ ♪ and later, giving back. the atlanta rapper taking mom's advice and helping kids in need. >> this is the "cbs weekend news." >> evans: good evening, i'm carter evans. adriana diaz is off. tonight, new cases of the covid variant omicron are cropping up a

for me to mila al jazeera johannesburg, frances minister for overseas territories. as visiting the french caribbean islands of guadalupe, he's insisting that french laws will be enforced that make covert 1900 vaccines, compulsory for health workers, the laws response riots important for testers of poof, mandatory vaccination. and my sex nation drive is underway in the philippines when we 40 percent of the population has been fully inoculated so far. that governments has also recently tightened its border controls in an effort to limit the spreads of the only con, variance of coal with 19 ah . in honduras fee left, one candidate seo, mar, castro has claimed victory in sunday's presidential election. castro told supporters that voters have reverse authoritarianism. the governing national party also announced that its candidates had one on durance in choosing a successor to go in leader one, orlando, hernandez, mont, or follow, has more from the home to and capital. it's been a jovial environment. people very much happy celebrating and we're val, uh, we've already hear

andrew harding, bbc news, johannesburg.ident, emmanuel macron, has accused the uk of not being serious about dealing with the migrant crisis. european ministers will meet on sunday to discuss the situation, after 27 people drowned on wednesday trying to reach the uk. mr macron confirmed that the uk is no longer invited to the talks. it comes after the british prime minister, borisjohnson, made a public call for france to take back migrants who cross the channel. lucy williamson reports from calais. the road between paris and london is getting colder. the political distance a little wider each day. here in the migrant camps, caught between the two governments, they know what it takes to bridge the channel and what the risks are if you fail. two days ago a boat capsized, killing 27 people. tonight the first victim was named as 24—year—old maryam nuri mohammed amin from iraqi kurdistan. her fiance said he was messaging her as the dinghy began to lose air. herfather, mourning her death in irbil in northern iraq, spoke to the bb

what is the view from johannesburg today? >> reporter: i think the view is a hardening, a frustration of measures put in place all around the world. just a short time ago morocco decided to stop all travelers coming in period. you've had the cases crop up of this new variant in europe. a cascade of countries tightening their level of restrictions or stopping travelers from this region coming in altogether. the view from the world health organization's africa director is that borders should remain open, saying these are punitive measures that might have a very slide impact, they say, in terms of slowing this variant, but really the horse has bolted. every scientist and doctor i've spoken to says even with the very quick identification of this variant and transparency of scientists, it's all over the place and travel bans might have a very minimal impact and a very severe economic impact on this part of the world. paula. >> nick, you're at the airport in atlanta, a major international hub, especially for delta. they're still fl

andrew harding, bbc news, johannesburg.riant have triggered steep falls on the financial markets, wiping billions of dollars off the value of the world's biggest companies. in new york, the dow jones closed down 2.5%. in london the ftse 100 share index slipped 3.6% — its biggest decline in more than a year. there were biggerfalls in europe, with the dax in germany falling over li%. the legendary composer of broadway musicals, stephen sonheim, has died at his home in connecticut. he was 91. sondheim composed and wrote lyrics for a vast number of musicals, including west side story, sweeney todd, and follies. daniella relph looks back on his career. # isn't it bliss, don't you approve? # one who keeps tearing around, one who can't move... "send in the clowns" from the musical a little night music. # send in the clowns... it was stephen sondheim's only hit song — remarkably, because this was the man who revolutionised the american musical. as a young man, he learned his trade from oscar hammerstein — the lyricist who wrote sho

cbs' debora patta is going to lead off our coverage tonight from johannesburg. >> reporter: once againh africa has become ground zero for a new variant. nearly a year ago, it discovered the beta variant. now it's detected one that has over 30 mutations, the biggest jump in the virus' evolution since the pandemic began. and what concerns scientists is whether the new variant, named omicron, is more transmissible than other strains or vaccine resistant. but at the texas children's hospital center for vaccine development, dr. peter hotez says there is no need to panic at this point. >> the key is knowing how transmissible and whether it has that ability to out-compete delta, and that bar is high. >> reporter: the virus was first detected after a spike in cases near johannesburg. numbers are still low, but they more than doubled in two days, and it's mostly been found in young adults, a group with a low vaccination rate. scientists are now working around the clock to find answers, but a jittery world is not waiting for them. international visitors are scrambling to get home as the u.s. joi

but there is a sort of hotspot center around johannesburg and pretoria that happened, some scientists voicing concern saying that this very and could be was the nearly anything else about including the delta strain? how worried a you about it? look, i think when we see something like this and we don't yet understand it, we must all be very concerned. and scientists have to turn their full attention to trying to understand it. but i don't think people should jump to panic, or we've seen with the delta strain, for example, that it was more transmissible. and it was more resistant to the action of vaccines . the antibodies induced by vaccines, but none the less, the vaccine still prevented severe disease. and hospitalization, but that this is why we're now trying to identify how widely spread this is. but we also, there will be a lot of work looking at, is it more transmissible? is it associated with any more severity of disease? and is, is the does, does it render the vaccines less effective, those of the policy questions that we'll be looking at. but in the meantime, a big, big a reque

andrew harding, bbc news, johannesburg.ding is an epidemiologist, health economist and senior fellow at the federation for american scientists. he says the variant is cause for concern because of the way it's spreading in south africa. the who is very rightfully correct to be alarmed. it's not just that there's a number of mutations that look bad, but the spread in south africa is quite alarming. it went from 1% positivity, 30% positivity in under a week and it's notjust spreading in one small area, it's spreading systematically across six or seven different provinces in south africa. they're rising exponentially in all of the provinces together. that is a bad sign — even if you think the data is early, that's a very bad sign. that's displacing delta, and up till now, we have not yet encountered a variant that can displace delta from a population, and yet, we are seeing this variant do just that in under a week. some people are saying it could be up to 500% more competitively advantageous, or faster infection, but i hope th

the last unrestricted flight from johannesburg arriving at newark airport this morning. president biden coming before the cameras to urge calm and urge action tonight. urging americans who are not vaccinated to get the shot and for all adults 18 and older to get a booster. just one of the long lines tonight. americans getting their shots. this popup site in washington, d.c.'s franklin park today. dr. jha is standing by right here with us tonight. and of course, those questions. this is variant nor contagious and will the vaccines and the boosters work against it? we'll ask him in a moment here. we'll carefully get to it all tonight, beginning with abc's stephanie ramos leading us off right here in new york. >> reporter: just hours after the world health organization warned the global risks from the omicron variant are very high, president biden with dr. anthony fauci at the white house, aiming to reassure the american people and to urge them to get vaccinated, and get the booster. >> this variant is a cause for concern, not a cause for panic. >> reporter: scientists are

she is joining us from johannesburg and from his foundation did release a video recording which they are calling his final message. tell us more about that . well, it's the last time that anybody has heard from the former president. he'd been quite silent in recent years, but also court had some controversy about 2 years ago when he spoke about apartheid . not to wanting to acknowledge it as a crime against humanity. but in a video that's since been released to by the foundation. he also talks about how he said, since it the early eighty's, his called what he says, his has had what he calls the conversion that his views had changed that apartheid was wrong and morally unjustifiable. and that is the closest his ever come to saying, just how bad apart it was perhaps prior to that, not wanting to fully admit to the atrocities that were done during that period. the former president was a staunch member of the national party at the time. he's somebody who came from a conservative african of background and he was a member of the brood of on to right wing african organization. and so this w

we begin today with cbs news foreign correspondent joe paterno, who is in johannesburg, south africa. >> reporter: we've been here before-- a pandemic-weary world plunged into uncertainty with the discovery of a new variant. omicron has a worrying number of mutations, over 30, that scientists fear could make it more transmissible and vaccine resistant. >> the first time i saw it i just saw the mutations and i didn't quite believe it. in fact, i thought we weren't doing something right. >> reporter: this woman from south africa's national institute for communicable diseases says scientists should know within the next 14 days just how dangerous omicron is. cases are slowly rises in south africa but are still very low, sitting at just over 3,200 nationwide. but it's put the rest of the world on edge. before the arrival of the new variant, europe was already the epicenter of an alarming surge in cases. >> go, go, go. >> reporter: terrified of a repeat of spring, which saw the delta variant spread with lethal speed, one nation after another has shut its doors to countries across southern a

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but we start with breaking news this morning from johannesburg. serious concern about a new coronavirus variant detected in south africa. scientists worried because of its high number of mutations and rapid spread among young people. remember, lower vaccination rates allow the virus to mutate more easily. every unvaccinated person is a host for a new variant. this morning infections in south africa are dramatically up. markets ricochetting around the world. tokyo, shanghai, all down sharply. europe has opened up down sharply as well. in the u.s. stock index futures pointing to a very dim session here in the u.s. david mackenzie is live on the ground in johannesburg with the latest. david, what do we know? >> reporter: well, christine, here's what we know, and it's important to stress what we do not know. what we know is this variant which hasn't yet been designated as a variant of concern is very troubling, say scientists. it has many mutations, more than 30 of them on the key spike protein of the virus, which means some of them are known to scien

>> david mckenzie in johannesburg. thank you. >> phil mattingly, what is the white house plan to deal with omicron? >> reporter: there's the near term and the longer term. one thing we've seen over 48 hours, this moment of peak uncertainty in terms of what this variant will bring to the united states and make no mistake about it, you talk to white house officials, they all acknowledge it's an inevitably that it will end up in this country is in the short-term pressing for more vaccinations, pressing for boosters. nearly 60% of the country is vaccinated, fewer than 20% have gotten a booster. that is the primary short-term focus but today when the president's covid top covid advisors held a press briefing it gave a window into just how rapidly they've shifted toward preparation for what could come with this new variant, particularly as it pertains to potential shifts in vaccines. take a listen. >> we believe the current vaccines provide at least some protection against this variant. and that boosters strengthen that prot

for me to mila al jazeera johannesburg, or dr. martin slash why davis is the director of hell for st. louis in missouri. she says, travel restrictions like the ones we've seen a recent base just do not work. travel bands, especially when they are performative in this way target a few countries and not others where we already know the variant has already been isolated, like in the u. k are ineffective, but not only that, when done in this way, all they do is perpetuate stigma. and xena phobia against a country in south africa. they did the right thing that after this this, this variance was isolated by dr. sequel lilly. i'm loyal, as in bob, leon, scientist, based in botswana that says nothing about wind is originated. it just means that's where this superior science was done. the ability to use genomic sequencing was done. i mean, this is as a country that has done exactly what they're supposed to do, be transparent, use the superior science to be able to let the world know what's going on. and then for south africa and 7 other af

for me to mila al jazeera johannesburg. well, the british government says, i will convene an urgent meeting of g 7. health men says on monday to discuss how best so respond me bunker ports from london. the on the con, variant is in europe with every passing hour. more cases are detected with the single largest number of infections found on to flight that arrived here at amsterdam. shipple apple on friday from cape town, and johannesburg of the $624.00 passengers on board. $61.00 tested positive for cove at 19. the more than a dozen half the omicron variant, all now isolating will approach and 100 percent of the people who return from southern africa will be contacted. we also asked the municipalities to visit 100 percent of the people at home to check whether they are really isolating the on the con, variance now being identified in germany, italy, the u. k. denmark, belgium, chet, republic, and austria. we case is likely to be circulating in france according to the french government. the urgent message from brussels couldn

south africa, from johannesburg and cape town. on friday, 13 confirmed cases they, together with the other passengers, $61.00 in total who tested positive cove 19 are now isolating. the dutch authorities are taking this very, very seriously indeed. but you're right to say that. so we are right now counting things one by one. we may soon given the significant rise start to see this as being sought to see a surge of numbers in multiple countries. it is the view of one prominent south african scientist who 1st flags on the chron brought it to international attention that this very, it may already be present, may already be seated in multiple countries across europe, including here the united kingdom. the best line of defense says, or slow von de leon, the head of the european commission, who's been speaking in the past few minutes, is that we must vaccinate, vaccinate, vaccinate, or prepare for the worse and hope for the best. and lest we forget neve about the delta vary, which was the biggest cause of concern across europe before th

was 1st bought it in south africa earlier this month in the surrounding, in the area surrounding johannesburg. but he's now believe to be in almost all the provinces. the u. s. is the latest in a number of countries to band travelers from there and neighboring countries in the region. cases of also been detected in belgium, israel and hong kong. in our other headlines, french president emanuel mac, one is cancelled an invitation for the british home, secretary to a meeting on the migrant crisis and won the u. k. to quote, get serious or remained locked out of discussions. it comes out to be k prime minister boris johnson, wrote a letter to mac, ron urging france to take back migrants who make it to prison. and the flow of refugees is causing concern on another of the use borders. this time between poland and ruth, who's president visited crowded or to camp. because shank a met with some of the thousands of people at a makeshift shelter and told them it were free to had way. so go home. european union is accused batteries of engineering that crisis by flying people in and then pushing them tow

when you variance would take to elsewhere for me to mila, i'll do 0, johannesburg. ok, let's get more on this for you. joining us here is dr. oscar elaine. he's an epidemiologist and us public health official. he joins us from washington, dc. doctor, good to have you back here now to 0. ah, some countries over reacting to this it's a very difficult decision. and one that i say it's a balance between evidence based decision making and the path implications. so you have a parent which has about 30 mutations on the spike protein. so that alone is alarming . or there's concerned because of not much information about it about as rapid rate of spread. in addition, i don't know whether there will be more implications on the treatments that are available. will it disable or make the vaccine effort minimize or, or lessened, or even the anti react monochrome antibodies or the other treatments? will it have a negative impact? so with that, i guess there's an error on the side of caution, but i totally understand the concern from the south african government, especially because

thank you. saw me to mila reporting from johannesburg. this saturday, this latest cove at variance may well disrupt the global economy just as it was starting to show some signs of recovery. news of the recon variant had an immediate impact on wall street stock treasury hills. they all fell on friday, which led to the biggest oil price drops in. the pandemic began. europe's biggest economy, germany was already struggling to recover before a 4th wave. hit edgar just 1.7 percent in july. in the glove the supply chain could also face shoot setbacks and several countries impose restrictions and locked down further disrupting manufacturing and shipping. and there are indications, interest rates could rise as well in the coming months. it looks a bit gloomy, doesn't it? let's talk to charlie robertson about it in london, global chief economist at renaissance capital. let's deal with yesterday. first of all, the way the market's fell dramatically. the way the oil price fell dramatically. that's not uncommon. is it? it will happen not quite knee

policy, a r t, johannesburg, south africa. so a vaccine developers on our preparing to test their drugs against the brand new coverage straight. and the head of the russian institute behind sputnik re, says lab studies will start as soon as they get a hold of a sample. and so far, researchers seem to be optimistic. now, hungary is one of the european nations using subordinate v and a study there has found that it's effective against all previous covered mutations . it's actually proven more successful in preventing a hospitalization and death when compared to other vaccines. and a hungarian foreign minister disgust his country's immunization efforts with autism on a boy. and we'll be showing that interview and well, it's a part just after this bulletin. i really don't find the verse to describe how i feel about the fact that there are still many countries considering the issues of vaccination as if it had a political or, or ideological nature. you know, it's about the lives of the people we knew in the lives of the people. wha

their journey began on friday after the 2 airlines took off from cape town on johannesburg, nearly 600 people were men. the way through the 11 hour flight countries started shutting their borders to south africa and the region. the netherlands decided the passengers already in the air would have to be tested on arrival. or at least 61 people in those flights tested positive and have been kept in isolation. let's go straight to ne bianca who's in london for us. what is the latest we're hearing from authority? the netherlands below. so hearing as a, the investigation into whether or not more passengers will test positive the i'm a convergent is still underway. as you mentioned, there 13 of the 61 you tested positive coven 19. have now have their cases confirm, asked this a new variant. there was 624 passengers on 2 flights, one from cape town, one from johannesburg that arrived in the netherlands on friday. all $624.00 were held for several hours while this testing was underway and those that have tested positive for either the original variance or the new variant are now isolating. we b

alex, that flight that you just mentioned is arriving here at newark, left johannesburg last night. when you add it up, it's one of the final flights that won't be subjected to the new travel rules. the flight again in the process of actually arriving here at newark. when you hear from united airlines [ no audio ] >> all right. we are -- we've lost polo's audio. we'll try to get back to him. >> we will. >> let's move on to south africa. >> we'll take you to south africa now. that's where the omicron variant was detected. scientists are praising health officials for acting so quickly in response to it. >> cnn's david mckenzie joins us again live in johannesburg. in the wake of the revelation about that is variant by south africa, there have been angry reactions from both leaders and scientists, not just in that country where you are, but in surrounding countries as well. the president of malawi calling it a phobia. how are people, the leaders, the scientists reacting to these widespread travel bans? >> reporter: good morning, alex and christi. there's great frustration, i think, and

let's go straight to johannesburg, south africa, and farmer miller farm it out. what more do we know about this virus? well, scientists have been really explicit in terms of wanting the public to know what's out there, but also being cautious. the will help organization is having meetings to determine whether or not this is a variance that is, as wiring as scientists make it out to be the concern. really, you know, the, it's the number of mutations, at least to mutations in the spite protein of this particular virus ovarian. and just how transmissible it might be. and now it might also impact the vaccines or just protect the vaccinations might be, as well as how transmissible this particular variance might be. so far, they'd be just over 50 cases detected in south africa for in what swan neighboring south africa and the government. they have also issued a statement saying, all 4 of those people were fully vaccinated, but they also said this isn't a real world impact of the variant hasn't yet been established. so they to want to be cautious. i think the main conce

well, let's go live to farmer miller, who is forest in johannesburg. family, howard, countries in southern africa. reacting to this i think there's a certain amount of shock even from scientists. so one of the most renowned scientists in south africa working on sequencing of the virus has said that it has come as a surprise. there's always been work done to ensure that sequencing continues, new variance mutations are identified. but the concern in this particular case is just the number of mutations of that spike protein. and that's where the issue of transmitter realty comes into play. there are multiple mutations, and scientists are concerned around concerned about just how transmissible this new variant may be. and of course, how it would affect trans miss ability and then whether or not people having vaccines, if that would be enough of a protection, will even be immunity. with people who have been affected by culver 19 before. now this has affected put swanner and south africa as well as hong kong when, but one of the 4 cases which the government

it's tough for me to mila marvin johannesburg for us. but following that address to the nation from president, rama poor sir, ah, well, people in honduras are heading to the polls to vote in a tense presidential election. a countries bracing for potential violence as candidates look to asked the right wing national party, which is rule for 12 years. president, one, orlando, and, and as is not seeking re election and has chosen a successor. he has been dug by drugs, trafficking and corruption scandals in recent years. manuel rappel alive in honduras, capital, tennessee. gov. a sounds like it's time for that. the moment is right for change and for, for people to make their voices heard. that's how many people are seeing it here in the capital city of there. was he as a command? many people wondering, waiting as the polls opened at 7 am. now the way begins to see whether not the country will be heading toward a radical lea, different political direction than what they've seen over the course of the last 8 years. or if it will be more of the

that's familar miller talking to us from johannesburg. check republic has also announced restrictions and travelers from southern africa, but it's dealing with its own surgeon cases. the governments declared a state of emergency. the counters reported almost $27800.00 new cases in the last 24 hours at the highest level since the pandemic. the gum and slovakia has gone into a 2 weeks locked on. people can only leave home to buy essentials or to go to school or work. okay, this is with let's begin with breaking news from kirsten with security services are saying they filed what the calling a coup attempt at least 15 people have been detained, including politicians and former officials will ology xena, xena, gustavo, in the capital. this check with more on what's happening, what more to be know about what's going on? well, rob, what we're hearing is coming from an official government statement that was released by the security service. they say that in tandem with the ministry of internal affairs, they carried out a series of raids in which