LIVE: White House press secretary Jen Psaki holds a briefing with Dr. Anthony Fauci — 12/1/2021

White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki holds press briefing with National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Dr. Anthony Fauci.

U.S. health officials have confirmed the country’s first case of the new, heavily mutated coronavirus variant called omicron in California, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Wednesday.

Since South Africa first reported the variant to the World Health Organization a week ago, it’s been found in the Canada, U.K., Israel, Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, Italy and Hong Kong, among other places. World leaders are on high alert, worried the virus is already widely seeded across the globe.

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LIVE: White House press secretary Jen Psaki holds a briefing with Dr. Anthony Fauci — 12/1/2021