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continuously monitoring variants and the u.s. surveillance variant system has reliably detected new variants in this country. we expect omnicron to be identified quickly if it emerges in the united states. to be clear, there is a lot that we don t know about this strain, but what we do know is scary. nick valencia, cnn, atlanta. america s top diplomat is applauding south africa s quick response to the omnicron variant. during a call with the south african foreign minister on saturday, u.s. secretary of state antony blinken praised south africa s scientist for the quick identification of the omnicron variant and south africa s government for its transparency in sharing this information, which should serve as a model for the world. but the africa cdc strongly discourages the flurry of travel bans impacting the continent, saying they don t generally yield a meaningful income throughout the pandemic. cnn spoke to one health leader, who s particularly upset over the travel restrictions ta
former british prime minister gordon brown, now w.h.o ambassador for global health financing, has been outspoken about how this variant is no surprise. he said, quote, our failure to vaccinate the rest of the world will come back to haunt us. but the current prime minister, boris johnson, has pushed back against that narrative when it comes to the omnicron variant. so we ll play the clips back to back here. let s just remember, only 25% of what america has promised in vaccines to the rest of the world has been delivered. only 11% of what britain has promised has been delivered. 19% of the european union. only 5% of canada. i think when you look at the arrival and the spread of omnicron, sadly, it s been if countries where the problem has not been supply of vaccine, it s been really to do with hesitancy and lack of takeups.
so that both of these bills can pass. now, congresswoman, i want to get to the fears around omnicron variant of the covid-19 virus and with that the travel bans from the countries in the u.s. and other nations from south africa where the variant was identified, along with other south african nations. i wonder if you see the criticism around the global health community not to mention south africa itself that are hypocritical, the result of vaccine hoarding, and where do you come down on the criticism? first of all, saving lives is a priority and we have to have a balance. i, for one, am making sure that the vaccines are distributed equitably globally. let me tell you, reverend al, today under 2% of people living in africa and in low-income
you re arriving there from africa, going to europe, we saw early during the pandemic and i guess throughout the pandemic people of asian descent being targeted, because they were perceived as a threat or as the cause of the pandemic, so i wonder, larry, whether you have any fear that now people of african descent, regardless of where they re actually from in africa, might face the same type of racism or worse because of the fear of this new variant linked with africa. reporter: there is legitimate concern among many africans, not just in southern africa, not just in south africa or botswana where these omnicron variants were first discovered, there s feelings among africans, for instance, why israel put in a travel ban on everybody from africa south of the sahara. this is 38, 40 countries. many of which are so far from south africa. so they feel that this targeting of people of afghan descent is
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