Fudge warned that new strains may have appeared in the United States, but the United States still do

Original title: fudge warned that new strains may have appeared in the United States, but the United States still does not intend to cut off flights to South Africa
[text / observer Wang Wang Chun] facing the threatening COVID-19 mutant "Anthony Foch", the White House chief medical adviser, Anthony Foch, said the new strain may have appeared in the United States.
According to the NBC website on November 27, Fudge said on the weekend today program on the 27th that although there are no confirmed new mutation cases in the United States, he "won't be surprised" if the "Omicron" variant has entered the United States, because "this new strain will basically eventually spread to all places."
However, although many countries around the world have issued "flight ban orders" against South Africa, Fudge said that at present, the United States has not made a decision to suspend flights, and "flights to South Africa may be stopped" after data collection. In addition, United Airlines and delta also stated that they did not intend to suspend flights from the United States to South Africa for the time being. As Christmas is approaching, United Airlines even plans to add us direct flights to South Africa.

Fudge talked about a variant of the new strain "Omicron" on the weekend today program. Source: social media
"We haven't found this strain yet, but in the face of new strains with such strong transmission and travel related cases found in Israel, Belgium and other places, the new strain will basically eventually spread to all places," fouch said
Fudge said the new variant was worrisome because it "had a large number of mutations" that could make the strain more infectious than other variants. "We don't know yet (about the new strain), but we will imagine all kinds of situations," he said. Fok added that a large number of mutations in the new strain also showed that the new variant could "evade" traditional COVID-19 protection methods, such as monoclonal antibodies, convalescent plasma and new crown vaccine.
"These are all possible, and we have done enough. This is something we must pay close attention to and prepare for serious things. The result may not be so bad, but we must be prepared," fouch said
Recently, a variety of experts called "the most fierce" COVID-19 mutation, spread in Botswana and South Africa and other African countries, the world is again jittery. To this end, the World Health Organization held an emergency meeting on November 26 local time to discuss the new variant virus "b.1.1.529".
After the meeting, who issued a statement saying that due to a large number of mutations, the variant virus was listed as "variant of concern" (VOC) and officially named with the Greek letter "Omicron".
Previously, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on November 26 that so far, no known cases of Omicron virus infection have been found in the United States. If the mutant virus appears in the United States, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and prevention is expected to quickly determine the cases through the monitoring system.
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In the face of the menacing virus variants, many countries in Europe and the United States issued a "no fly order". On November 25, Britain, France and Israel announced a ban on flights from South Africa and several neighboring countries on the grounds of the threat of the new virus variants. The governments of Bahrain, Croatia, Italy, Malta, the Netherlands, Japan and Singapore also announced on November 26 that similar restrictions would be implemented.
However, on the 27th, Fudge said that he had not made a decision to suspend flights and that "flights to South Africa may be stopped" after data collection.
On November 26th, when President Biden listened to a briefing on "Botswana", he announced that the United States would implement travel restrictions on 8 citizens from South Africa, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Lesotho, Eswatini, Mozambique and Malawi from November 29th.

Screenshot of the statement on the official website of the White House
However, this ban is not applicable to US citizens or permanent residents of the United States who are going to return to the United States. They will continue to request COVID-19 to test negative evidence before they go to the United States.
American Airlines has no plans to interrupt flights. At present, the United States has eight direct flights to Johannesburg, South Africa every week. At present, Delta Airlines and United Airlines, two direct airlines in the United States to South Africa, have said that they have no plans to cancel these flights.
United Airlines even plans to add direct flights from the United States to South Africa. A spokesman for United Airlines said that the airline still plans to add a direct flight from Newark To Cape Town, the capital of South Africa, from December 1. This is mainly because before the arrival of the new variant, the tourism industry has begun to rebound with the easing of the epidemic. Traditionally, thousands of immigrants from southern Africa return home for Christmas every year in the United States and Europe.