able to escape the effects of the immune of the vaccine? reporter: while it will take weeks to have any definitive answers, south africa the country that first identified this variant is offering clues. it has mutations that are similar to the delta variant. so, we are expecting it to transmit faster and based on the early evidence we see in south africa, it s certainly transmitting faster than the delta variant. reporter: already confirmed in at least 15 countries, it s clear, omicron is making its way across borders. it s almost definitely here already. reporter: trying to slow the spread, the u.s., along with more than 50 other countries, have put travel restrictions against countries in southern africa in place. it s outrageous that south african and southern africa is being punished for having good surveillance and, you know, ensuring that we wanted to be completely transparent and to share this data with the rest of the world as soon as we knew it and confirmed
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those school board incumbents defeated this year by parents angry over mask rules. masks should be a parent s decision. reporter: and diversity and inclusion programs. this community was very split. reporter: she vote forward masking. she supported diversity and inclusion programs. choices that energize parents in a facebook group opposed to pandemic restrictions. the group was formed in july under the name conservative parents of hastings. a few weeks later the name was changed to concerned parents of hastings. it s a small town. she knows a lot of the parents in this group. i m fine with that. that s politics. reporter: one day, a parent wrote a long post complaining about kelsey and masking. and the replies, things got ugly. someone responded to that post by saying kelsey needs to be in jail because her youngest
before the pandemic. and experts believe that number is actually being pushed up because that resumption of international travel. pete moneyuntean, thanks. u.s. citizens are exempt from those restrictions so a south african can t come to the united states but an american in south africa can come from south africa to the united states. the virus doesn t care who is a citizen and who is not a citizen. do these restrictions actually stop the spread? they re not going to make a huge impact, jake. this is a risk/reward proposition. the benefit of doing this is you may slow down some of the entry of the virus into the country but it s very porous as you are mentioning. a lot of people who are citizens will be coming back as well and could potentially be carrying the virus. but if there s not really any of the variant detected here right now, the impact will be greater because you re creating more of an impact on slowing down the
how does anyone find a car on this site without someone like us checking in? she s a beauty, huh? oh, golly! (laughter) i can help you find the color you want. that sounds nice. let me talk to my manager. (vo) buy your next car 100% online. with carvana. in our health lead, at least 50 currents, including the united states, have imposed new travel restrictions in response to the new coronavirus variant omicron. the closed borders and blocked flights came just after the world health organization designated omicron a variant of concern. cnn aviation correspondent pete muntean is live at reagan airport just outside d.c. some major airlines have had concerns about these restrictions. the good news for them, jake is president biden says he does not anticipate new travel restrictions, at least for now. we ve seen statement after statement from the travel industry calling these new restrictions restricting travel from seven countries and south
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