andrew: the timing for south africa could hardly be worse. it is summer here, and the tourt industry was hoping for a big boost after two wretched years of lockdowns. south africa's foreign minister has criticized the travel ban, calling it "rushed, ecologically damaging," and urging britain to reconsider. that is not very likely, at least not in the short term. today, south africa is gearing up for a likely fourth wave, dominated by this new variant. . but scientists here insist that trying to isolate countries or regions makes no practical sense. >> we saw with the delta variant that within three weeks, 53 countries were reporting cases of the delta variant. so stop being shoveled from one country or even -- so stopping travel from one country or even a small group of countries really becomes superfluous. it is really not the solution. andrew: but could there be an upside to the arrival of this new variant? in recent months, south africa's vaccine rollout has slowed down. it is the same in other african countries, partly down to a shortage

the timing for south africa could hardly be worse. it is summer here, and the tourist industry was hoping for a big boost after two richard years of lockdowns and red listings. no wonder south africa's foreign minister has criticized the travel ban, calling it rash, economically damaging, and urging prison to recder -- urging britain to reconsider. >> today, africa is gearing up for a likely fourth wave, but scientists insist that trying to isolate countriesr regions makes no practical sense >> we saw with the delta variant that within three weeks, 53 countries were reporting cases of the delta variant, so stopping travel from one country or even a small group of countries very soon becomes superfluous. it is really not the solution. >> could there be one upside to the arrival of this new variant? in recent months, south africa's vaccine rollout has slowed down, the same as in other african countries, partly due to shortage of vaccines but also do to public apathy. year of the new variant could change that. -- fear of the new variant

this is from one of the experts here in south africa. rhonda, i hope that's being being honest and nothing about that. you're not getting that. can you get back with me on this and i'll follow up or does it close? and if people are suffering, what i think is all concerning what we have is that infection care in south africa have morning suppose in recent days, the last official figures who have awful sundays when they with 2800 new cases and the complaints with the 500, how are lately, basically at the hospital finishing that they expect to most of the issue in the next 2 to 3 weeks. and they also expect more than 10000 new cases by the end of this week. and a lot of the admission of people caused you to this is new variant. you have a situation where only 1516 of the population has been bethany and the country president has appealed in a state of the nation. great people to come for an estimated enough estimation in the country at the same time, the people wearing mach enrolled. and when we implemented that, you still have thousands of

right now in south africa. we may be overestimating its prevalence because of the recent uptick in cases in south africa. there's a presumption many of those cases are this new variant. but it may well be the case that south africa could also exhibiting a surge of delta infection after they relaxed some of their recent mitigation following the big surge of deta. this probably isn't that prevalent around the world. i would still exer size the same cautions as before. i think the biggest risk to travelers right now is given the uncertainty around the world, and the fact that countries are reacting so briskly, if you do end up being positive overseas, you could find yourself stuck in a very onerous quarantine relative to where we were maybe one or two weeks because. because i think countries are behaving with no frilz right now and trying to control the spread of this new variant. and they're taking pretty drastic measures in certain cases. >> brennan: so the c.d.c. said this variant has not been detected here yet

unable to port a flight to south africa. you'd be open to visit a close relative who's receiving cancer treatment. hello there. thanks for making the time to come on with us considering what you've been. so women's, this flight last night this morning. recently. yeah, it was meant to be tonight and i would pack everything was ready to go. i'd packed up my apartment and then this happened. yeah, and how did you find out about it because it's gotten very quickly in it. yeah, i think that was the craziest thing. you know, just in a few days everything completely changed. i was alex, i got a message from a friend, checking the news, and then more and more news updates had to keep checking. not knowing what would happen. and then within 3 days, i mean it's all just completely changed and there's no way i can go back. i know you were trying to get out of israel at the same time, the israel's clothes, his porter to, to tourists. and i was on a flight in for the u. k. last night. and literally on told the flight we were told that at

what does it say about south africa? does it say that the wounds of the past still remained there in the country? >> i think it is really important when we look at the life of an individual to see what should he have prioritized. we were more concerned about how to get out of the trap apartheid had placed all over us. many people had already lost their lives along the road we covered, but there was also a huge risk that if we did not manage the transition out of apartheid, we could also contribute to the deaths of millions of black, white, colored sections of the population. the choice we had to make was to manage the transition such that we saved as many lives as was possible and saved an opportunity that could make it possible for us to reconstruct south african society and enable us to enjoin -- enable us to join a community of nations and remember it forever as a decoration rather than a disaster, all of us. >> ok, i see your point. this argument that at least the transition saved us from a descent into anarchy and a

from south africa, our africa corresponent andrew harding reports. a technical university in pretoria, south africa, this afternoon. this is where the new variant was first properly identified, spreading fast among students. obviously, this is so overwhelming, we are all worried, but the management took a decision to suspend all social gatherings and social activities. the impact here has been swift, with many countries now following britain's lead in banning flights from south africa. so, this morning's arrivals from johannesburg and cape town could be the last for some time. it is absolutely ridiculous that they have imposed it again so quickly, without really investigating this new variant. the timing for south africa could hardly be worse. it is summer here, and the tourist industry was hoping for a big boost after two richard years of lockdowns and red listings. no wonder south africa's foreign minister has criticised the travel ban, calling it rushed, economically damaging, and are urging britain to reconsider. not that that seems very likely,

how quickly has it spread in south africa? yeah, it has a essentially concentrated in the part of the rico which is holding and we have essentially seen some clusters in one part and it actually spread within a matter of 2 weeks. we've seen a repeat spread from cases that we saw as 58 last week on monday. and in that area it was about $500.00. but end of the week this week we saw earlier in the week that had about a 1000 cases of interest to 2000 today's 2300 in that particular area. so that the only way it's, it's actually required high. it troubles in the matter of $5.00 to $6.00 days. he was saying that as scientists and doctor is a particularly worried about 2 things, that is the high level of transmits ability, the speed at which this variant is able to spread. and then also the chances of re infection, which is also higher with this very and tell me more about the, the vaccines and how it might affect the level of protection vaccines give us yet. so i think at the moment we have sort of anecdotal data to support that som

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and who are some be stuck in south africa while you get vaccinated? if you still con, travel, and if you still can't be with your family, i have family in south africa. my sister lives in south africa and, and i've not seen her in close to 2 years since of covered and my daughter, and i was trying to south africa to find any, be with her and her family. i think it's important, but the u. s. is doing and around the world to be cautious space she not knowing what the new variant is doing, but it's also on the same point. very frustrating and upsetting for what it's doing to people around the world and not been able to see their families. now what's important to note is that we're coming up to the tours a month here in south africa. busy the month of december and for the last 2 years because of close it, this industry has the kind shop the talking to people here. they say that this is not going to be the end of the south african truism that wins so much money in you have a problem here in south africa where there are millions of people who have not been

there is travel from south africa across the globe and there are many rising cases in south africa at the moment so we will need to be very aware and look for it carefully in all of the data coming through.— for it carefully in all of the data coming through. current vaccines have been _ coming through. current vaccines have been designed _ coming through. current vaccines have been designed to _ coming through. current vaccines have been designed to target - coming through. current vaccines have been designed to target the i have been designed to target the spike protein from the original strain. some of the mutations in this new variant meaning the virus can spread more easily or make the vaccine less effective. jabs still provide protection against other variants of concern and can be tweaked if needed. it is variants of concern and can be tweaked if needed. it is highly unlikely they _ tweaked if needed. it is highly unlikely they will _ tweaked if needed. it is highly unlikely they will not - tweaked if needed. it is highly unlikely they will not have - tweaked if needed. it is

and they believe that south africa should be congratulated. well, being the 1st to identify and come forward with the information rather than being so the blamed well being responsible for spreading it. okay, thank sir for that poor. that was poor slayer, giving us the latest there. um, from cape town in south africa. so let's cross live now to charlotte davinsky comparison. talk more about the european reaction to all of this morning at charlotte. as we heard there, the south african president has been quick to say, look, there's no scientific basis for these travel bands, but exact, that's exactly what europe has decided to do in it's acted very quickly. is there a sense at all that there's been an overreaction here or in europe or people happy with the you, you and other countries to in europe and their stance on this well, for the moment it seems that there is panic spreading at since the emergence of that new variant, this, omnicom, and many people now just fearing that their entire travel plans as we head into the holiday season, that ju

the timing for south africa could hardly be worse. it is summer here, and the tourist industry was hoping for a big boost after two richard years of lockdowns and red listings. no wonder south africa's foreign minister has criticised the travel ban, calling it rushed, economically damaging, and are urging britain to reconsider. not that that seems very likely, at least not in the short term. today, south africa is gearing up for a likely fourth wave, dominated by this new variant, but scientists here insist that trying to isolate countries or regions makes no practical sense. we saw with the delta variant that within three weeks, 53 countries were reporting cases of the delta variant, so stopping travel from one country or a small group of countries very soon becomes superfluous. it's really not the solution. but could there be one upside to the arrival of this new variant? in recent months, south africa's vaccine roll—out has slowed down. it is the same in other african countries, partly down to a shortage of vaccines, but also due

to the new south africa. and so it was important that that relationship between the 2 of them and that cooperation was seen by all south africans across color lines. and simply just to adapt and to avoid any potential chaos from it or thank you so much. during the military talking to was life from johannesburg. ah.

travelers arriving from south africa. on friday a total of 61 passengers tested positive for coronavirus. there are serious concerns this spread will continue and could spiral out of control. caitlyn? >> yeah. we could see more of those restrictions as officials say it could be more than two weeks until they know definitively if it is effective against the vaccines. thank you so much for the update. >>> a heads up that later on this hour dr. lena nguyen is here to answer questions about the covid variant and dr. peter hotez and also ahead moderna's chief medical examiner is explaining how long it could take to create another vaccine that is variant specific if the current vaccines aren't effective against omicron. then i'll ask to see if they support the restrictions in place. >>> this man is lucky to be alive after he stowed away in the plane's landing gear. i'm like girl you better get you some dove. she hooked me up. with a quarter moisturising cream, dove cleans effectively and cares beautifully. such tree-mendous vie

this is a controversial - south africa. this is a l controversial question, south africa. this is a i controversial question, i guess, but what you think governments and health body should be doing to try to counter this? should be doing to try to counterthis? in should be doing to try to counter this?— should be doing to try to counter this? in terms of countering _ counter this? in terms of countering the _ counter this? in terms of countering the variance l countering the variance emerging from south africa, clearly i think all developed countries, it is in their own interest to donate to vaccines to those countries who cannot afford it. in many countries are doing that that the system and the who said they would rather people donate vaccines to countries like south africa rather than use and booster shots and that is highly controversial. the answer is to try and get everyone in the world vaccinated as quickly as possible. world vaccinated as quickly as ossible. ,, ., , , . possible. should be expect new mutations of _ possible. should be expect new mutations of the

what does it tell about south africa? does he say anything about the fact that the wounds of the past still remain there in your country? i think is very important there. when we look at the life of a single individual who obviously was repaired to were in position towards the end of his life to see what should he have prioritized in the closing years of our lives. live prisons were a mom concerned about how to get out of the trip that accommodated least one of us. many people had already lost their lives along the road. we travelled. but there was also huge misc that if we didn't to manage the transition out of our date, we could also contribute it to the deaths of millions of black white colored indian sections of the population. so that tries, we had to make was to manage the transition, cited that we save as many lives as was possible and save in opportunity that could make it possible for us to reconstruct requests to ag. so if again, society and enable us to join the community of nations in a manner that youth for e

what does it tell about south africa? does he say anything about the fact that the wounds of the past still remained there in your country? i think is very important there. when we look at the life of a single individual who of yours, there was a very important position towards the end of his life to see what should he have prioritized in the closing years of our lives, live clinicians were a mom concerned about how to get out of the trip that accommodated, placed one of us, many people had already lost their lives along the road. we travelled, but there was low. so huge risk that if we didn't manage the transition out of our date, we could also contribute it to the deaths of millions of black white colored indian sections of the population. so that tries, we had to make was to manage the transition, such that we save as many lives as was possible and save in opportunity that could make it possible for us to reconstruct requests drag. so if again, society and enable us to join the community of nations in a manner that you

to rush to leave south africa. my family generally as a whole, is ready deflated by the entire situation. disappointed not feeling as though she catch a great. we haven't seen each other. the 3 is many have struggled through a slump of the economy because of previous travel bands and lock downs. and the now uncertain about how the new army cron variant will affect them. some been civil leveling and then let's go and get vaccinated, especially people my age, so we can protect ourselves. that's all i can say. i know we all have our opinions about the vaccines, but on my side and i want to get vaccinated. but there's been a slower than expected vaccination rate in south africa. slightly more than 40 percent of adults have had at least one job in terms of um, vaccinations. oh to yeah. it's, it's some of the choice with little bricks. needle nod whitlow too, too, too much or 2 people to get in. did he did mention a suit at this point because he living in lake avila, excuse deerfield road, look right now, his administrat

there's no shortage of vaccine supplied south africa. what there is a lot of backseat hesitancy, same thing we're seeing in central and eastern europe and a lot of that is driven by lack of trust in the vaccine. and in the governments promotion the vaccination. i think there's something about the messaging. i think that education is key because we do still have a lot of hesitant people not wanting to take the vaccine. and also just really, it just seemed quite unfair that it's still mandate. nice is now mandatory, that health work is should have the vaccine. i think it should also include education, if not all that vaccinated the monday, we will not stop from that perspective on natur section 7 know frontiers. that is the very meeting of the panoramic viruses are not so interesting. unfortunately, certain governments are funeral of mine is a rescue was killed in last week's mine. explosion inside barrier being held, the instant claimed the lives of 51 people and there was still an ongoing search for more victims. with more in the story,

what does it tell about south africa? does he say anything about the fact that the wounds of the past still remained there in your country? i think is very important there. when we look at the level of a single individual who obviously was prior to were in position towards the end of his life to see what should he have prioritized in the closing years of our lives. live prisons were a mom concerned about how to get out of the trip that accommodated least one of us. many people had already lost their lives along the road. we traveled. but there was low. so huge risk that if we didn't manage the transition out of our date, we could also contribute to the death of millions of black white colored indian sections of the population. so that tries, we had to make was to manage the transition, cited that we save as many lives as was possible and save as an opportunity that could make it possible for us to reconstruct request the ag so in society and enable us to join the community of nations in a manner that youth for ever it be

south africa? >> south africa is a little different. the white south africans say south africa was a white man's country also which is preposterous because native africans outnumbered whites five -- one. what they meant as it should be run by the whites. in the chinese action made south african politics messy and complicated it was introducing another racial group. there is already conflict with south asian workers who had been brought to work on sugar plantations and they were exclusion measures against them. so, in all of these places it's also with the federation of south africa in 1910 they are able to pass a full on chinese exclusion. >> let's go back a little bit to the gold rushes and talked a little bit about the impact that the gold rush had not only on the frontiers, the local economies, but on the global economy. i had for example, no idea about the impact on san francisco. the businesses and trading with china. talk a little bit about that. >> rate. you know, there is more gold taken ou

his south africa. but do you think that south africa is ready for the concept of a government of a coalition government? well, at the national level, i'm no cut so at that of the ready. but at the municipal level they've already started negotiation. not only this election, but in a bit of a selection, so they are ready for that. but for me, what's encouraging is the willingness of the bigger parties to accept defeat intercept that they have to enter into negotiations with one of parties. but i like to disagree with you, i should, when you said that the action essay and e f, f i showing that they're moving much more strongly the other much is i don't think so. even if it has not been given a clear mandate by anyone to run a municipality compensated but it should say, because then you give them a blog and have managed a number of, of votes, but no question whether the f f is growing and that is a flavor it to us a phase who remains a very strong party, but for me to pull a reservation within the blue cro

the uk has banned flights from six countries in south africa as a result of the strain the precautions were brought in from having the new variant hindering the recovery. >> the early indications we have of the variant is that it may be more transmissible than the delta variant and the vaccines that we currently have may be less effective against it. now, to be clear, we have not detected any of this new variant in the uk at this point in time. but we've always been clear that we will take action to protect the progress that we have made >> uk's transport secretary also echoed those sentiments telling our sister station sky it was a safety first approach. >> it's important to act immediately and in doing so you get to slow things down in terms of potential entry into the country. that gives us time for the scientists to work on sequencing the genome which takes several weeks to do, so we can find out how significant a concern this variant is so it is a safety first approach, we've done that before with the variant from denmark and then able to relax it reasonably quickly i think there'

africa, but it was 1st identified by scientists in south africa. people who he says, i've joined the ranks of the health heroes of this pandemic for the work they've done, prisoner and the forces as this new variant is responsible for most of the cases that we've seen and how tank province in south africa, which is small. it's only one and a half percent of the country size, but it includes johannesburg inventories, that's got a quarter of the population out there. and he says, in coming weeks, we should know where the army crown causes more severe disease or not. but that's, that africa could be facing a 4th wave within weeks if cases continue to rise. so that's what we're hearing from the south african president. of course, part of what he's talking about is the issue of south africa being effectively shut off. and other countries in southern africa being shut off from the rest of the world have decided to put in travel bands. lot of that's happening in europe. nave . barker has this report on the situation across the continent from land. the on

welcome to here in south africa. this is because on the saw people falling in the south african variance and they will say, no, it's not me. and i'll find 2 and i, expert folk songs that they were able to get up to. to be honest enough to hold the world hope gratian and very much the feeling here in south africa for the last few days following these travel ban has been that south africa actually being left by the speakers. all concerning what we have seen is that in fiction care in south africa have morning suppose in recent days, the last official figures who have awful sundays when they with 2800 new cases and the complaints with the 500 hello late today. the hospital finishing that, they expect a lot of pressure in the next 2 to 3 weeks. and they also expect moving team panels and you have to be in the at the same time, you still have thousands of south africa. i'm supposed to be in israel until the 7th of december. so i'm sitting in a bit of a predicament because i don't know if my life will be able to fly or not

and i was trying to south africa now to find any be with her and her family. i think it's important, but the us is doing and around the world to be cautious, especially not knowing what the new variant is doing. but it's also on the same point, very frustrating and upsetting for what it's doing to people around the world and not been able to see their families. now what's important to notice is that coming up to the tourism month here in south africa. busy the month of december and for the last 2 years because of covert industry has at the kind shop 3, talking to people here. they say that this is now going to the end of the south african truism that when so much money in, you have a problem here in south africa where there are millions of people who have not been vaccinated and who refused to be vaccinated for 30. the international community of the course of that, at the same time, the scientist in south africa has come out to say that this new varian has been depicted in many countries around the world. and they believe that south africa should be congratula

, there's no shortage of vaccine supplied south africa. well there is a lot of backseat hesitancy. same thing we're seeing in central and eastern europe and a lot of that is driven by lack of trust in the vaccine. and in the government promotion the vaccination, i think there's something about the messaging. i think that education is key because we do still have a lot of hesitant people not wanting to take the vaccine. and also just really, it just seemed quite unfair that it's still mandate. nice is now and it true that health workers should have the vaccine. i think it should also include education, if not all that vaccinated the monday, we will not stop from that perspective natur infection. so no factors. that is the very meeting of the course. the panoramic viruses are not so interested us. unfortunately, certain governments are then hawkins putting the questions there. now a wave of smashing. grab robbery, shook the us during thanksgiving and the weekends. black friday, sales with many pointing out see that the police seem to be over

and xena phobia against a country in south africa. they did the right thing that after this this, this variance was isolated by dr. sequel lilly. i'm loyal, as in bob, leon, scientist, based in botswana that says nothing about wind is originated. it just means that's where this superior science was done. the ability to use genomic sequencing was done. i mean, this is as a country that has done exactly what they're supposed to do, be transparent, use the superior science to be able to let the world know what's going on. and then for south africa and 7 other african countries to be targeted to a travel bands with other countries that we know of right now, have the same variance is completely unacceptable to me, right? when we talk about global of vaccine inequity, we always think about this as a supply issue. but mistrust and access are equal parts of this. and do we not understand why mistrust does not perpetuate when we continue to do things like this . this is absolutely unacceptable. from says it's open to discussions about guadalup

in new york city, 12 noon in south africa. here's your top five at 5:00, markets trying to rebound after friday's selloff this as politicians rush to try to slow the spread of the latest covid variant. the u.s., japan and at least a dozen european countries imposing travel restrictions from southern africa other countries halting in bound travel altogether. just as fast as the new variant has been identified, vaccines to fight the mutation could be on the way in a matter of weeks, and current vaccines may still be effective >>> oil bouncing back after american gasoline demand soars >>> and could inflation be the grinch that stole in store shopping new data on black friday show you may be still staying home. it's monday, october 29th and this is "worldwide exchange. >>> good morning, good afternoon, good evening and welcome from wherever in the world you may be watching, i'm brian sullivan, thank you for joining us on this busy monday, so let us get right to it. the markets and your money after so much analysis and study and di

the timing for south africa could hardly be worse. it's summer here, and the tourist industry was hoping for a big boost after two wretched years of lockdowns and red listings. no wonder south africa's foreign minister has criticised the travel ban, calling it "rushed," "economically damaging," and urging britain to reconsider — not that that seems very likely, at least not in the short term. today, south africa is gearing up for a likely fourth wave dominated by this new variant, but scientists here insist that trying to isolate countries or regions makes no practical sense. we saw, with the delta variant, that within three weeks, 53 countries were reporting cases of the delta variant, so stopping travel from one country or even a small group of countries very soon becomes superfluous. it's really not the solution. but could there be one upside to the arrival of this new variant? in recent months, south africa's vaccine rollout has slowed down. it's the same in other african countries — partly down to a shortage of vaccines, but

he did not come and save south africa. it was the youth of the 80's and prior that liberated this country. >> i don't care about his death. they can all die. i don't care. >> he and mr. mandela brother country to what it is today. it is said. >> of any ms is released after his death had him making a final apology. >> i, without qualification apologize for the pain, hurt, the indignity and the damage that apartheid has done to lack, brown and indian people in south africa. >> a last message against toleranc many will continue to remember to declare. >> i am joined by my guess. she is a political scientist. good to have you on the program. how would you describe what happened for south africans? is it a day of ambivalence when you think about him? >> certainly. it depends on which south africans you refer to. many black americans would have mixed emotions. since that a person that w not a very good person, that died. also a lot of sadness that he died with secrets about the whereabouts of people who died under his watch. he

so far, they'd be just over 50 cases detected in south africa for in what swan neighboring south africa and the government. they have also issued a statement saying, all 4 of those people were fully vaccinated, but they also said this isn't a real world impact of the variant hasn't yet been established. so they to want to be cautious. i think the main concern for southern african countries, including south africa, really is this rush to bad travel from 6 countries in the region, especially to the u. k. the south african government has issued a statement saying that it respects the decision that's been taken by the united kingdom and understands that precautionary measures should be put in place. but that decision is washed and it's really worried about the economic damage. given that we're heading into a holiday season and there's bound to be a lot of travel back and back and forth between the 2 countries. so really the concern. c from the south african government around one the spread of this variant in south africa, again urging south africa and to take precaution, but also wanting gr

south africa. so we think it may have arisen in the region, but we don't know where. i'm saying that because south africa is in the unique situation among african nations of having enough vaccines for the eligible population. the problem we are facing is vaccine hesitancy. it is like the industrialized countries where there is more vaccine than there are willing to curse. other african countries are not in the same fortunate position. they do not have enough. not diminishing that argument. but should that variant have arisen in south africa, it could not be blamed on not having enough vaccine. it would have to be blamed on vaccination programs, population hesitancy and resistance to vaccination. >> it was south african researchers who detected it and sounded the alarm quickly to the rest of the world. some countries have placed a travel ban on that part of the world. is that the right decision? travel bans work? >> yes and no. i he sympathy with these decisions. it seems obvious, don't want th to b

and xena phobia against a country in south africa. they did the right thing that after this this, this variance was isolated by dr. sequel it, i'm loyal, as in bob, when scientist, based in botswana on deck says nothing about wind is originated. it just means that's where this superior science was done. the ability to use genomic sequencing was done. i mean, this is as a country that has done exactly what they're supposed to do, be transparent, use the superior science to be able to let the world know what's going on. and then for south africa and 7 other african countries to be targeted to travel bands with other countries that we know of right now, have the same variance is completely unacceptable to me, right? when we talk about global of vaccine in equity, we always think about this as a supply issue. but mistrust and access are equal parts of this. and do we not understand why mistrust is not perpetuate? when we continue to do things like this, this is absolutely unacceptable. france says it's open to discussions about guadalupe

south africa? >> and south africa, south africa is a little different because, you know, white south africans said south africa was a white man's country also, which was preposterous because native africans outnumbered whites five to one but they meant it should be run by the whites. and the chinese actually made south african politics very messy and complicated because there was already conflict with south asian workers who were brought to work on the sugar plantations in the natal and there were exclusions against them and also with the federation of south africa in 1910, that they were able to pass a full on chinese exclusion. >> let's go back a little bit to the gold rushes and talk a little bit about the impact that the gold rushes had not only on the frontiers, the local economies, but on the global economy. i mean, i had, for example, no idea about the impact on san francisco and then the businesses in trading with china and et cetera. talk a little bit about that. >> right. you know, there

in south africa, the meter miller. i'll g 0 johanna, but ah, let's bring in a gas in johannesburg, helen rees, chair of the world health organizations, regional immunization, technical advisory for africa, and member of the south african ministerial advisory committee for covey and coven vaccine. a last, so u. k. julian tang clinical biologist of the university of lester and robert as the dean abraham director of med biotech and medical biotechnology laboratory. thank you all for joining us. helen. since the new variant army crohn was identified, it's panic and exile. anxiety globally is because of the mutations themselves, or because this is an uncharted territory for the health community. well, i don't think it is an uncharted territory anymore. unfortunately, i think we've had quite a lot of these scares that the emergence of new variance, if you recall good thinking back to what happened in india. so it's not uncharted, but it is concerning. and we're going to have to do a lot more research to really understand wha

ah, our top stories this, our alma crohn that the new colored strain discovered in south africa presents a high risk globally to the w h. o says as it spreads around the world with nations now canceling flights and even keeping the fully vaccinated in isolation. lead to documents suggesting germany tried to pressure us not to slap sanctions on north stream to as berlin warns that washington shouldn't sanction allies and shoplifting and vandalism. as the festive season begins, flash mobs and smash and grab robberies. put us authorities to the test. ah, oh, broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow. this is our to international. i'm john thomas. certainly glad to have you with us. right now on the crime 1st is causing havoc around the world. the new coven mutation has been highlighted as a variant of concern by the world health organization and has already been detected in multiple countries. there are also fears. it is highly contagious, and even people who are fully vaccinated could easily get it. nations have begun closing their borders to curb it's spread. the 1st images of t

of being applauded, south africa has now been push on the blacklist policy r t to hattiesburg south africa. thus picture, the mean term advisor to the italian health authority says the current preventative measures are only having a quote limited impact on the new stroke. and it could be a reality for years to come mean time, not too far away from italy, the u. k. reintroducing quarantined in a government mandated hotel for people coming in from south africa on britain's health. secretary also says he believes cove is going to be with us in some form forever. he was asked to learn to live with cove and we will never defeat it. we have to learn to live with it. we have to learn to live with it as we have learned to live with flu. of course it is not flu and we need to learn more about in cases of omnicom have already been discovered in germany and belgium chakra public. and there are at least 13 cases in the netherlands that came after a flight of individuals came in from south africa. now, in a separate development, dutch police had to read a plane just before it was about to take o

this was first detected in south africa. the health minister there issued an alert yesterday saying this variant has had an unusually high number of mutations. >> b.1.1.529 is named as a variant of concern because it has some concerning properties. this variant has a large number of mutations. and some of these mutations have some worrying characteristics. right now, there are many studies that are underway. there's a lot of work that is ongoing in south africa and in other countries to better characterize the variant itself in terms of transmissibility, in terms of severity, and any impact on our counter measures like the use of diagnostics, therapeutics or vaccines. >> cnn has a team of correspondents covering this breaking news for us. we have david mckenzie in south africa, pete muntean is tracking this at the airports. let's begin with arlette saenz in nantucket with the president. what does the president want americans to know about this new variant at this hour. >> reporter: president biden is trying to show they are

so far, dozens of infections have been identified in south africa. while in botswana, the government says the new virus was found in several foreign nationals on a diplomatic visit. while the south african government says it respects the decision taken by the u. k and other countries to limit travel to and from the region. and that precautionary measures may be necessary. it says the decision is rushed. the world health organization is meeting to decide what action to take. so we know been promised. interventions were been practicing. we did to touch and dos with restrictions in terms of the regulations, whether they're with or that a possible 4th wave, compounded by the new variant may further strain and already overwhelmed health system in south africa for me to mana, i'll 0 johannesburg. and in the past ally tight restrictions have been announced in the netherlands, has collided to step boston who's in the hey covering this forest and step, tell us what these new measures involve. well the government, as mountain as for the lockdown, then they ann

a life south africa. now we can talk to pathogen research, a professor martinez from the wit waters round university in johannesburg. welcome to our say. it was said from the outset, wasn't it the just because south africa had categorized this particular varian doesn't mean that that's where it originated. now we've got these details from the netherlands. does it give us any better insight into the spread and the seeding of on the crone around the world? thank you so much for helping me. so actually, i think these news from the netherlands, i guess so. so news, so now what we need to to do is really sequence the virus that we're founding, the netherlands compared to the sequence they had to were found here in south africa. and really trying to understand, eat what comes 1st the. and if we are able to do that, so it's good deck day. well, sorry, it's good for a point of view that day. we don't know where it originated, not me, only here in south africa that he's appearing in in other countries. so i think

those countries are south africa, namibia.

to rush to leave south africa. my family generally as a whole, is just ready to ha, deflated by the entire situation. disappointed not feeling as though wishing catch a break. we haven't seen each other. the 3 is many have struggled through a slump in the economy because of previous travel bands and lock downs. and the now uncertain about how the new army cron variant will affect them. some been civil leveling and, and then let's go and get vaccinated. especially people my age, so we can protect ourselves. that's all i can say. i know we all have our opinions about the vaccines, but on my side, i want to get vaccinated. but there's been a slower than expected vaccination rate in south africa. slightly more than 40 percent of adults have had at least one job in terms of um, vaccinations. oh to oh it's it's almost choice with little bricks. needle nod would lead to to too much or 2 people to get in did he did make sneezing. if his point, cuz the living in luke avila excuse, do full drug look right now, his administra