Watch Live: Biden provides update on Omicron variant amid global effort to contain spread
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Washington — President Biden will provide an update Monday on the new coronavirus variant known as Omicron as scientists work to determine how transmissible the new strain is and how effective COVID-19 vaccines are at protecting against it.
Mr. Biden's remarks on the U.S. response to the Omicron variant follow a meeting the president held with his COVID-19 Response Team upon his arrival at the White House on Sunday. They were set to meet again Monday morning.
The World Health Organization deemed Omicron a "variant of concern" last week after South Africa reported the new strain November 24. Its discovery sent countries scrambling to mitigate the spread of the variant, and the Biden administration rolled out restrictions on air travel from eight nations in southern Africa, which go into effect Monday.
