Dr. Fauci Says No Need To Panic Over New COVID Variant—Do You Feel More At Ease?

(Washington, DC) — Dr. Anthony Fauci says there’s no need to panic over the new COVID variant, of course he also said there was no need for a mask. The White House Chief Medical Advisor tells NBC’s Today Show the U.S. is taking precautionary steps to allow time to learn more about the variant found in South Africa. Starting Monday, the Biden administration is closing America’s borders to travelers from eight African nations. The World Health Organization officially named it the Omicron variant yesterday and called it a variant of concern. No cases have yet been identified in the U.S.