{"id":1064672,"date":"2021-11-29T12:58:37","date_gmt":"2021-11-29T17:58:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1064672"},"modified":"2021-11-29T12:58:40","modified_gmt":"2021-11-29T17:58:40","slug":"omicron-variant-reaches-north-america-as-global-risk-remains-very-high","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/omicron-variant-reaches-north-america-as-global-risk-remains-very-high\/","title":{"rendered":"Omicron Variant Reaches North America as Global Risk Remains \u2018Very High\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fomicron-variant-reaches-north-america-as-global-risk-remains-very-high%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1064672&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Child-Given-Coronavirus-Test-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">The newly identified Omicron coronavirus variant reached North America on Sunday, Canadian officials revealed.<\/p>\n<p>The variant has not yet be found in the United States although the World Health Organization (W.H.O.) called the variant a \u201cvery high\u201d global risk.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p class>\u201cWe continue to urge the federal government to take the necessary steps to mandate point-of-arrival testing for all travellers irrespective of where they\u2019re coming from to further protect against the spread of this new variant,\u201d Ontario health officials <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/world\/omicron-variant-now-north-america-canadian-officials-say-rcna6881\">wrote<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The variant has so far&nbsp;revealed&nbsp;itself in Australia, England, Germany, Italy, the Czech Republic, and Belgium. Other nations have instituted travel restrictions, including Israel, Thailand, and the United States.<\/p>\n<p>The W.H.O. has <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WHO\/status\/1465219634634928129\">called<\/a> the new strain a \u201cvery high\u201d risk to nations due to its \u201cunprecedented number of spike mutations, some of which are concerning for their potential impact on the trajectory of the pandemic.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Director-General of the World Health Organization Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus <a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/news-room\/events\/detail\/2021\/11\/29\/default-calendar\/second-special-session-of-the-world-health-assembly\">told<\/a> the World Health Assembly on Monday the coronavirus is \u201cnot done with us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOmicron\u2019s very emergence is another reminder that although many of us might think we\u2019re done with Covid-19, it\u2019s not done with us,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Anthony Fauci seemed to agree with the W.H.O., stating Sunday all coronavirus restrictions&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/11\/28\/flashback-ten-times-joe-biden-promised-shut-down-virus\/\">are<\/a> \u201con the table.\u201d Fauci would not rule out future lockdowns or mask-wearing mandates.<\/p>\n<p class>\u201cWe have not detected it yet, but when you have a virus that is showing this degree of transmissibility and you\u2019re already having travel-related cases that they\u2019ve been noted in Israel and Belgium and in other places\u2026 it almost invariably is ultimately going to go essentially all over,\u201d he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/world\/omicron-variant-now-north-america-canadian-officials-say-rcna6881\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-intersection-ref\" readability=\"13\">\n<p class>\u201cYou don\u2019t want to frighten the American public, but when something occurs that you need to take seriously, you take it seriously, and you do whatever you can to mitigate against that,\u201d Fauci added.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em>Follow Wendell Huseb\u00f8 on Twitter&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WendellHusebo?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor\"><em>@WendellHuseb\u00f8<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The newly identified Omicron coronavirus variant reached North America on Sunday, Canadian officials revealed. 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