Pfizer expects to know within two weeks if the variant is resistant to its current vaccine.
Moderna has a plan to address the new coronaviruses. Johnson & Johnson and BioNTech-Pfizer are testing their vaccines.
Omicron strain goes to the U.K., Germany, Italy, and more.
The new coronaviruses popped up in more European countries on Saturday, just days after being identified in South Africa, leaving governments around the world scrambling to stop the spread. Dr. Anthony Fauci, the government's top infectious diseases expert, said he would not be surprised if the omicron variant was already in the U.S. Fauci said that when a virus is showing this degree of transmissibility, it will go all over.
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The spelling of the Chinese President's name is the same as that of Xi. The Greek letter Omicron would be easier for the general public, according to the WHO.
"When you have a virus that's showing this degree of transmissibility, it almost invariably is going to go all over," Dr. Anthony Fauci told NBC.
Scientists are still urging people to get vaccine, even though it's not clear if existing vaccines will protect against the variant.
The B. 1.1.529 variant has been found in several countries, and it's spreading quickly.
The world waits to find out how dangerous the super-mutated COVID variant Omicron might be, as three more European nations confirmed cases of the virus on Saturday and Dutch authorities revealed that 61 people arriving on two flights from South Africa have tested positive for CO. Two positive individuals were identified in Germany and arrived in South Africa on a flight from Cape Town.
The S&P 500 is up almost 5% over the last seven weeks. That is one reason a small dip isn't concerning some strategists.
The Department of Transportation is being slammed on social media over a meme that promotes President Biden's agenda with some people accusing the department of lobbying.
The new variant of COVID-19 has been classified by the World Health Organization. The Canadian government has introduced travel restrictions and a ban on foreign nationals from seven African countries because of concerns about the 'highly transmissible' variant.
Adams canceled a performance at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame ceremony after another positive test, but he announced on Thursday that he had tested positive.
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One of the archaeologists who participated in the excavation said on Friday that a team of experts had found a mummy that was 800 years old. The culture that developed between the coast and mountains of the South American country was the one that mummified the remains of. The mummy was found in the region.
There is an increase in cases in Northeastern states. It could slow the economic recovery, but not as much as was feared.
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In the Ahmaud Arbery case, the indicted D.A. played a pivotal role in the case of the police killing of an innocent man.
A duck-billed dinosaur, called the Parrosaurus missouriensis, can be 30 feet long and has been discovered in Missouri.
