South African Ministry of Health: existing coronavirus vaccines are effective against the new strain 
they are also effective against a new strain that was identified in South Africa and was named after the Greek letter “omicron”. The use of vaccines was assessed by Professor Jan Sanne, a member of the advisory board at the South African Ministry of Health, reports TASS.
“Available data show the effectiveness of existing vaccines in the fight against the omicron strain. Now among those hospitalized in South Africa with the omicron strain of coronavirus, 75 percent are not vaccinated against COVID-19, “Sanne said.
Experts from the World Health Organization (WHO) earlier in November recognized the new COVID-strain as a threat to the world. 19 identified in South Africa, Hong Kong and Botswana. British scientists suggested that the new strain would be better at evading antibodies than the delta variant.