strategy. comes less than a week after the omicron variant was first identified in south africa and on a day we learned what had been expected that omicron is here. we knew that it was just a matter of time before the first case of omicron would be detected in the united states. and as you know, we know, i have been saying it and my colleagues on the medical team and others have been saying it. we know what we need to do to protect people. get vaccinated, if you re not already vaccinated. get boosted. that first patient, a traveler from south africa, who is now in california is said to be isolated and experiencing mild symptoms. dr. fauci joins us in our next hour for a special cnn covid town hall. right now, i want to go to cnn s kaitlan collins with her new reporting there the white house. so what are the president and his team doing tonight in response to this first-known case? well, anderson, ever since south african scientists last week told them they thought that
began. we re being seen around the world on cnn international, cnn espanol and streaming on cnn.com. we come to you hours after dr. anthony fauci med the announcement from the white house that the new omicron variant has been detected in this country. he joins us shortly. president biden is said to be preparing to update the nation tomorrow on his anti-covid str strategy. how to respond to this directly, the larger question of what to make of this new variant itself and the threat it might pose. these are all the questions. most of us just learned about this not even a week ago, just last thursday. but even in that short time, it has now been identified on six continents with cases now turning up in southern africa across europe, japan, south korea, australia, brazil, canada, and now the united states. some of that is probably simply a function of our interconnected world, but is it also something particular to this variant. there s a lot we still don t know, we re goin
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