and answer questions. he does have a hard out a little bit after two, so we will get to as many questions as we possibly can. all turned over to dr. fauci. >> thank you very much, john. at some of you may have heard, california and san francisco department of public health and the cdc have confirmed that a recent case of covid-19 among an individual in california was caused by the omicron variant. genomic sequencing was conducted at the university of california in san francisco and at the sequence was confirmed at the cdc as being consistent with the omicron variant. there's a lot of questions, but here's what we know right now. the individual was a traveler who returned from south africa on november 22nd and tested positive on november 29th. the individual is self-quarantining and all quotes contacts have been contacted and