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On Wednesday, officials in San Francisco confirmed the United States' first case of the coronavirus

Omicron variant. The patient in the case had recently traveled to South Africa, whose scientists

first identified the variant. Omicron's emergence has reinforced concerns about low rates of

vaccination in Africa and other developing regions, which have struggled to obtain and

administer vaccines.

We'll get an update on the Omicron variant in California, and we'll talk about global vaccine inequities, what they mean for variants, and how to expand vaccine access worldwide.

That's next after this news. This is Forum. I'm Ariana Prail in for Mina Kim. When vaccines became available,

higher-income countries committed to donate close to 2 billion doses around the world,

with the U.S. pledging to cover more

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