US needs more data on COVID variant before curbing travel: Fauci

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Senior US government scientist Anthony Fauci said Friday Washington wanted more data on a worrisome new COVID-19 variant first detected in southern Africa before joining other countries in banning flights from the region.

WASHINGTON, United States — Fauci told CNN that while “there’s always the possibility” of blocking flights, “you want to make sure there’s a basis for doing that. And that’s what we’re doing right now.”

The emergence of the new variant, first recorded in South Africa, has sent nations rushing to evaluate the threat. Fears that the variant could seriously set back global efforts to combat the Covid-19 pandemic, battering already vulnerable economies, sent stocks plunging on Wall Street, down at midday by nearly 1,000 points.

“As soon as we find out more information, we will make a decision as quickly as we possibly can,” said Fauci, who is President Joe Biden’s top adviser on the coronavirus.

 

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