that could be the most contagious yet and could make our current vaccines less effective. welcome to fox news live, i m alicia acuna. griff: and i m griff jenkins. we re about to talk to dr. marc siegel many a moment to get the full diagnosis of this new covid threat. but first, we re just getting word now crossing the wires, the cdc and state department issuing a do not travel warning for eight african southern countries. we will get more on that, and we have team coverage with jacqui heinrich who s covering president many massachusetts, but we begin with jonathan the serrie in atlanta jonathan serrie many atlanta with more details on this variant. hi, jonathan. reporter: hi there, griff. new york governor kathy kathy hoe cull has signed an executive order postponing elective surgeries, the move designed to free up hospital space for a