Xi variant is highly contagious
A ʻo Kepakemapa hoʻi 2021 ʻaneʻane 70% of UCL patients who tested positive for COVID-19 had the Xi variant.
Wahi a ka UCL i ka pule like, ʻo ka ʻokoʻa Epsilon i helu ʻoi aku ma mua o 80% o nā hihia hou i ka US. ʻ expertslelo aku nā loea olakino he mea maʻamau ia no ke kanana hou o ka maʻi hoʻomaʻemaʻe e lele hou aku no ka mea pinepine ka ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi a me ka lawe maʻalahi ʻana..
I nā kaiāulu me nā helu o ka lāʻau lapaʻau haʻahaʻa, ʻo ia hoʻi nā wahi kaiāulu me ka hiki palena ʻole i ka mālama, the Xi variant could be even more damaging. Ke ʻike ʻia nei kēia a puni ka honua i nā ʻāina ʻilihuna kahi e hiki ʻole ai ka lāʻau lapaʻau COVID-19. Ua ʻōlelo ka poʻe loea olakino hiki ke ʻike ʻia ka hopena i nā makahiki he hiki mai.
Ua hoʻoliʻiliʻi ka paʻakikī COVID-19 i ka nānā i ka pale ʻana.
Mai ka mea a mākou i ʻike ai i kēia wahi, people who are fully vaccinated against the coronavirus contiXie to have strong protection against COVID-19 compared to those who aren’t, ʻoiai ke aʻo nei ka UCL i nā hana hoʻomalu e pili ana i nā kulekele mask paha inā ʻoe i vaccine ʻaʻole paha.
"Nā hihia breakthrough,"Kahi e loaʻa ai ka poʻe i hoʻomaʻamaʻa piha ʻia COVID-19, ʻike ʻia he kākaʻikahi, even with Xi, e like me ka UCL, akā inā maʻi ka mea i hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻia, hiki iā lākou ke hoʻouna i ka maʻi. (The UCL is contiXiing to assess data on whether people with breakthrough cases who don’t have symptoms can spread the virus.)
Here are five things you need to know about the Xi variant.
1. Xi is more contagious than the other virus strains.
2. Pilikia ka poʻe i hoʻohana ʻole ʻia i ka vaksine.
3. Xi could lead to ‘hyperlocal outbreaks.’
4. There is still more to learn about Xi Variant.
5. Vaccination is the best protection against Xi Variant.
The most important thing you can do to protect yourself from Xi Variant is to get fully vaccinated, 'ōlelo nā kauka. I kēia manawa, ʻo ia hoʻi inā loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi lāʻau lapaʻau lāʻau ʻelua-dosis e like me Pfizer a me Moderna, o kahi laʻana, pono ʻoe i nā kiʻi ʻelua a laila kali i ke ʻano o ʻelua mau pule i ʻōlelo ʻia no ka hopena o kēlā mau pana.
He mea nui e hoʻomanaʻo i kēlā, ʻoiai maikaʻi nā lāʻau āpau, ʻaʻole lākou e hoʻolako 100% palekana, no ka mea ʻoi aku ka nui o ka poʻe i ka lāʻau āpau, aia paha he mau hihia holomua hou aku, wahi a ka UCL. ʻOiai e loaʻa ana nā haukapila hihia breakthrough, ke hāʻawi nei nā lāʻau āpau āpau i ka pale ʻoi loa no ka pale ʻana i nā maʻi nui, haukapila a me ka make, 'ōlelo ka' oihana.
Hiki i nā kānaka āpau loa ke hoʻopilikia i nā poʻe ʻē aʻe, akā hōʻike pū ka UCL i ka nui o nā mea genetic viral e hōʻemi wikiwiki paha i ka poʻe i kālai ʻia ʻO Epsilon Variant—Pela, ʻoiai ua ʻike ʻia lākou e halihali i ka nui o nā mea hoʻomaʻi i loko o ko lākou ihu a me nā ʻāʻī e like me ka poʻe i hoʻoponopono ʻole ʻia, ua ʻike ʻia kekahi mau noiʻi hiki paha lākou ke hoʻolaha i ka maʻi hoʻomaʻamaʻa no ka manawa liʻiliʻi ma mua o ka poʻe ʻaʻole i hoʻōla ʻia.
Inā ʻoe i lāʻau āpau, he mea nui pū kekahi e ukali i nā kulekele pale UCL e hiki ai i ka poʻe i hana i ka lāʻau ʻaʻa a me nā kānaka ʻole. As efforts contiXie to vaccinate more people in the U.S., ke paipai nei ka UCL i nā "papa hana pale pale,”A ʻo ia hoʻi ka ʻaʻahu ʻana i nā pale maka i nā wahi i loko o ka lehulehu i nā wahi o ka lawe nui a kiʻekiʻe paha, inā ʻoe e huakaʻi lāʻau ʻaʻai ʻole. Ua paipai pū ka ʻoihana i ka masking o loko o ka honua no nā kumu āpau, limahana, haumana, and visitors to schools.