reporter: it is a race against time, you remember correctly, isa. she said it s a race against time to understand how serious this omicron variant is. we re starting to see the fear this region has. there are six new cases reported in scotland after three reported in the u.k. now the u.k. alone has nine cases and now just announced 13 cases in portugal all related to a lisbon football team. that means over the course of today we might hear more cases. the ministry said they have detected eight possible cases in france. the health minister says it s only a matter of time until some are confirmed and he believes there are possible cases circulating within the country. that is why the european union applied what is called an emergency break restricting travel from southern africa, controversial though it is. encouraging people to get vaccinated. encouraging people to get