proliferating in south africa. reports also include a presence in belgium. right now the u.s. is joining the u.k. and european union in pausing travel to south africa and seven neighboring nations. here is president biden from nantucket. i have decided we re going to be cautious and make sure there is no travel to and from south africa and six other countries in that region. and except for american citizens who are able to come back. but we don t know a lot about the variant except that it is of great concern. spread rapidly and i spent about half an hour this morning with my covid team led by dr. fauci [inaudible] as vaccine effectiveness against the new variant being studied president biden calling it patriotic responsibility. here is fox news contributor