While the World Health Organization waits to find out more about the omicron coronaviruses variant, it is still its priority to tackle the delta variant.
The WHO said that it was still driving the epidemic.
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The WHO is still focused on increasing vaccine coverage and the delta variant, despite the global uproar over the new coronaviruses variant, omicron, according to CNBC.
Scientists need more time to understand whether omicron is a more transmissible variant than delta, has a different or more severe set of symptoms, or is able to evade protection from vaccines or previous infections.
The first two omicron cases in North America were identified on Sunday, when two individuals who had recently traveled from Nigeria tested positive.
The development shows that Canada's monitoring system is working, and it is expected that other cases of this variant will be found in Canada, according to the federal health minister.
The first cases of the variant were found in Scotland on Monday.
French health officials said on Sunday that eight possible cases of the variant had been detected across the country.
Vaccination is still important, and there is a huge number of people around the world who haven't had their first course. It is reasonable to assume that the vaccines in use offer some degree of protection.
The key background.
Last week, the WHO designated omicron, or B. 1.1.529, a variant of concern after researchers in South Africa sounded the alarm over a potentially dangerous form of the virus. The high number of mutations on the spike protein could make the strain more transmissible and better able to evade the protection offered by vaccines. Public health officials, including the WHO, emphasize that more research is needed to know if vaccines are effective against omicron. The variant has been found in countries like the U.K., Hong Kong, Belgium, Israel and Botswana, where the variant was first identified using genome sequencing, and evidence suggests it may be.
What to watch for.
Omicron in the U.S. is a variant of the coronaviruses, and Dr. Fauci said he would not be surprised if it was already in the U.S.
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