the high seas. cbs news, joins the patrol as homeland security works the waters. reporter: this is one of the dozens of motorized vessels that they use to track down the drug runners. evans: plus, making a comeback low tech in high demand. and later, giving back. the atlanta rapper taking mom s advice and helping kids in need. this is the cbs weekend news. evans: good evening, i m carter evans. adriana diaz is off. tonight, new cases of the covid variant omicron are cropping up around the world. britain, belgium, the czech republic, germ me, italy, israel and hong kong all with confirmed cases, botswana reported at least four. the u.k. reimposes mask mandates as prime minister boris johnson has this warning today: it does appear that omicron spreads very rapidly, and can be spread between people who are double vaccinated. evans: cbs debora patta is in johannesburg, south africa, where omicron was first discovered. reporter: the discovery of the new var
hello. the world health organization says that preliminary evidence suggests the new covid variant, first reported in south africa, carries a higher risk of infection than other strains. the united states hasjoined britain, the eu and japan in announcing travel restrictions on several southern african countries to try to slow the spread of the variant, now officially named omicron. here s our medical editor fergus walsh. on paper, the new variant looks worrying, with twice the number of mutations found on delta. around 30 of these are in the spike protein the key the virus uses to unlock our cells and these changes may help it evade our body s defences. but so far, we don t know whether the variant causes more severe disease, whether vaccines will be lesseffective or drugs won t work. it s the sheer number and type of mutations that has scientists here troubled. some of them have never been seen in a combination like this before. many of them we ve seen in various variant
welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. the world health organization says that preliminary evidence suggests the new covid variant first reported in south africa carries a higher risk of infection than other strains. the united states hasjoined britain, the eu and japan in announcing travel restrictions on several southern african countries to try to slow the spread of the variant, now officially named omicron. here s our medical editor fergus walsh. after months of opening up, the newly named omicron variant means travel restrictions are back. at heathrow, the last flights from south africa arrived this morning. i feel extremely relieved because, yeah, who knows how long this is going to last, yeah? we ve been told we have to we have to isolate at home, so that shouldn t be too bad. from sunday, only uk and irish residents will be allowed in from six southern african countries, and they ll have to pay to quarantine in a hotel. the travel restric
love it or hate it, the annual shopping extravaganza black friday is underway. it s no longerjust a day some retailers have been offering deals since the start of the month. this weekend, shoppers here in the uk are expected to spend over £9 billion. but it s the first big test for retailers as they prepare for the christmas rush. our correspondent emma simpson reports. it wouldn t be black friday without big tvs, gadgets, and appliances flying off the shelves. this vast distribution hub in newark is home to britain s biggest electrical retailer. it s their most important time of the year, and the pressure s really on. it truly has been a perfect storm of shortages across the board. so we ve taken on more warehousing space, we ve got more stock than ever in our stores, and we ve recruited over 3,200 colleagues across our business. so we ve got the drivers, the warehouse staff, we ve got everything we need to deliver this peak. how many playstation 5s do you have, then? lau