exposed because they re unvaccinated. they re likely to turn positive. so larry, in the intro, i mentioned that the president said that he was accusing the west, basically, of hoarding vaccines, but in south africa, at least, the vaccine shortage doesn t seem to be the real problem. it s vaccine hesitancy. and you were mentioning a bit earlier that the u.s. actually has a role to play, even in that. that is correct. there is some significant amount of misinformation that has spread in this pandemic. here in south africa and across africa, to be clear. i spoke to one pharmacist who told me over the last year and a half, misinformation and conspiracy theories won and science lost. and you see this growing crowd of anti-vaxers who believe what they hear from conservative u.s. commentators, right-wing opinion hosts, and they have a following here. you hear people like joe rogen and his very influential
welcome back to all of you watching us here in the united states, canada, and all around the world. i m kim brunhuber. this is cnn newsroom. travelers arriving in the u.s. on monday will face strict new rules that aim to keep the new omicron variant from triggering a new wave of infections. it s already been found in at least 16 states. now all of this as airlines get ready for the busy holiday travel season. many of the new restrictions target passengers from southern africa, where omicron was first detected last month. the country of south africa has seen an enormous surge of covid cases in the past week, more than 16,000 just on saturday. president cyril ramaphosa accused wealthy nations of hoarding vaccines, making it difficult for his country to get enough doses. cnn s larry madowa is in johannesburg. larry, the numbers are concerning, to say the least, but top authorities seem to be trying to stamp down fears here. reporter: that s what they re trying to do, kim, right to
saying, hoarding vaccines. of course, we ve seen a lot of vaccines not getting booster shots when there are people in africa, people in south africa and botswana and zimbabwe and all of these other african nations that have not even been able to get their first shot. this is really showing that there is real tension here between the haves, essentially, and the have-nots. and when it comes to people who have the vaccine and those who don t. i think it s going to be something that the white house and biden will really have to contend with. they ll be making remarks shortly in the next hour about the new variant. the white house will be taking a number of questions today. and of course, chief among them are going to be, is this fair. is it fair to ban travel to these nations? these nations say it s going to be a hard economic hit on them. i think that the united states is absolutely among the nations that people are looking at, to see whether or not they change their mind on this. and y
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