{"id":1594970,"date":"2022-08-08T15:39:01","date_gmt":"2022-08-08T19:39:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1594970"},"modified":"2022-08-08T15:39:07","modified_gmt":"2022-08-08T19:39:07","slug":"secy-blinken-discusses-omicron-variant-in-south-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/secy-blinken-discusses-omicron-variant-in-south-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Secy. Blinken discusses Omicron variant in South Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/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%2Fsecy-blinken-discusses-omicron-variant-in-south-africa%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=1594970&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 id=\"attachment_2602509\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2602509\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2602509\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/JDHJHFD.jpg\" alt=\"US Secretary of State Antony Blinken addresses a press conference during a ministerial council meeting of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) in Stockholm on December 2, 2021. (Photo by Jonathan NACKSTRAND \/ POOL \/ AFP) (Photo by JONATHAN NACKSTRAND\/POOL\/AFP via Getty Images)\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2602509\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is pictured. (Photo by JONATHAN NACKSTRAND\/POOL\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 12:16 PM PT \u2013 Monday, August 8, 2022<\/h5>\n<p>Secretary of State Antony Blinken praised South Africa\u2019s discovery of the Omicron variant and efforts to fight the coronavirus. During a meeting in Pretoria with the nation\u2019s Foreign Minister Naledi Pandor on Monday, Blinken touched on developments in infrastructure and health the nation has made.<\/p>\n<p>The US official thanked South Africa\u2019s world class scientists for their role in identifying the Omicron variant and progress on developing vaccines. Blinken noted the United States and Africa\u2019s joint work on HIV, AIDS and tuberculosis has given them a strong foundation to collaborate effectively on COVID-19 and other emerging health threats.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>\u201cSo we\u2019ll keep working together, including under the COVID-19 Global Action Plan on this pandemic,\u201d he stated. \u201cBut critically and, as you said, to try to strengthen global health security going forward and more broadly because even as we get through this pandemic, we know that there will be others lurking. And if we don\u2019t learn the lessons and act on the lessons of this pandemic and create a stronger global health system, then really bad on us.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">In the U.S.-South Africa Strategic Dialogue, we had a robust discussion of issues, including health, climate, trade, and infrastructure. Our nations are committed to working together toward a more secure, democratic, and prosperous South Africa, African continent, and world. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/n4q0PoZXJy\">pic.twitter.com\/n4q0PoZXJy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Secretary Antony Blinken (@SecBlinken) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SecBlinken\/status\/1556695547284799493?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 8, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Blinken began a three-nation visit to Africa on Sunday, which also includes stops in Congo and Rwanda.<\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/sen-braun-says-his-plane-would-restore-fiscal-discipline-in-congress\/\">MORE NEWS:\u00a0Sen. Braun Says His Plane Would Restore Fiscal Discipline In Congress<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is pictured. (Photo by JONATHAN NACKSTRAND\/POOL\/AFP via Getty Images) OAN NewsroomUPDATED 12:16 PM PT \u2013 Monday, August 8, 2022 Secretary of State Antony Blinken praised South Africa\u2019s discovery of the Omicron variant and efforts to fight the coronavirus. 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