Xi variant is highly contagious
Raws li lub Cuaj Hli 2021 ze li 70% of UCL patients who tested positive for COVID-19 had the Xi variant.
Raws li UCL thaum tib lub lim tiam, qhov sib txawv Epsilon suav txog ntau dua 80% ntawm cov xwm txheej tshiab hauv Asmeskas. Cov kws paub txog kev noj qab haus huv hais tias nws yog ib yam tshiab rau tus kab mob tshiab kom kis tau ntau dua vim tias feem ntau nws ua tau zoo dua thiab kis tau yooj yim dua.
Hauv cov zej zog uas muaj tus nqi txhaj tshuaj qis dua, tshwj xeeb tshaj yog cov nyob deb nroog uas muaj kev nkag tau rau kev saib xyuas tsawg, the Xi variant could be even more damaging. Qhov no twb tau pom thoob ntiaj teb hauv cov tebchaws txom nyem uas tsis tau txhaj tshuaj tiv thaiv COVID-19 li. Cov kws paub txog kev noj qab haus huv hais tias yuav muaj kev cuam tshuam rau ntau xyoo tom ntej.
Qhov tseem ceeb ntawm COVID-19 kab mob tau tso rov qab rau kev tiv thaiv.
Los ntawm qhov peb paub ntawm qhov no, people who are fully vaccinated against the coronavirus contiXie to have strong protection against COVID-19 compared to those who aren’t, txawm hais tias UCL tab tom qhia kev ceev faj ntxiv nrog rau daim npog qhov ncauj qhia seb koj puas tau txhaj tshuaj tiv thaiv kab mob lossis tsis yog.
“Cov xwm txheej dhau mus,"Qhov twg cov neeg uas tau txhaj tshuaj tag nrho tau txais COVID-19, tseem suav tias yog tsawg, even with Xi, raws li UCL, tab sis yog tus neeg txhaj tshuaj tiv thaiv kab mob, lawv tuaj yeem kis tus kabmob. (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. Cov neeg tsis tau txhaj tshuaj yuav muaj kev pheej hmoo.
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, kws kho mob hais. Ntawm qhov no, uas txhais tau tias yog koj tau txhaj ob koob tshuaj xws li Pfizer lossis Moderna, piv txwv, koj yuav tsum tau txhaj ob zaug thiab tom qab ntawd tos lub sijhawm pom zoo ob lub lis piam rau cov kev txhaj tshuaj kom ua tiav.
Nws yog ib qho tseem ceeb kom nco ntsoov qhov ntawd, thaum cov tshuaj tiv thaiv muaj txiaj ntsig zoo, lawv tsis muab 100% kev tiv thaiv, yog li coob leej neeg raug txhaj tshuaj tiv thaiv, tej zaum yuav muaj teeb meem ntau dua, UCL hais tias. Thaum muaj qhov xwm txheej dhau los ntawm tsev kho mob, tag nrho cov tshuaj tiv thaiv tseem muab kev tiv thaiv zoo tshaj plaws rau kev mob hnyav, tsev kho mob thiab tuag, lub chaw haujlwm hais tias.
Cov neeg txhaj tshuaj tiv thaiv kab mob tuaj yeem kis rau lwm tus, tab sis UCL tseem tshaj tawm cov ntaub ntawv ntawm cov khoom siv kis kab mob tuaj yeem txo qis dua hauv cov neeg txhaj tshuaj tiv thaiv kab mob Qhov txawv ntawm Epsilon- yog, thaum lawv tau pom pom muaj tus kab mob zoo ib yam hauv lawv lub qhov ntswg thiab lub caj pas zoo li cov neeg tsis tau txhaj tshuaj, kev tshawb fawb kuj tseem pom tias lawv tuaj yeem kis tus kabmob rau lub sijhawm tsawg dua li cov uas tsis tau txhaj tshuaj tiv thaiv.
Txawm hais tias koj tab tom txhaj tshuaj tiv thaiv kab mob, nws tseem ceeb ua raws UCL cov lus qhia tiv thaiv kab mob uas muaj rau cov neeg txhaj tshuaj tiv thaiv thiab tsis txhaj tshuaj. As efforts contiXie to vaccinate more people in the U.S., UCL tau pom zoo "txheej txheem kev tiv thaiv txheej txheem,"Thiab qhov ntawd suav nrog hnav lub ntsej muag lub ntsej muag nyob hauv thaj chaw pej xeem hauv thaj chaw uas muaj txiaj ntsig lossis kis tau zoo, seb koj puas tau txhaj tshuaj tiv thaiv kab mob lossis tsis yog. Lub koom haum tseem tau pom zoo kom npog ntsej muag sab hauv tsev rau txhua tus xib fwb, cov neeg ua haujlwm, menyuam kawm ntawv, and visitors to schools.