Xi variant is highly contagious
Ing wulan September 2021 meh 70% of UCL patients who tested positive for COVID-19 had the Xi variant.
Miturut UCL sajrone minggu sing padha, the Epsilon variant accounted for more than 80% kasus anyar ing AS. Ahli kesehatan ujar manawa umum virus bisa dadi luwih gampang nular amarga asring dadi luwih efisien lan gampang ditularake.
Ing komunitas kanthi angka vaksinasi luwih murah, khususe dhaerah pedesaan kanthi akses winates kanggo perawatan, the Xi variant could be even more damaging. Iki wis katon ing saindenging jagad ing negara-negara miskin sing vaksin COVID-19 ora bisa diakses. Ahli kesehatan ujar manawa pengaruh kasebut bisa dirasakake nganti pirang-pirang dekade kepungkur.
Galur COVID-19 sing dominan wis fokus ing pencegahan.
Saka sing kita ngerti saiki, people who are fully vaccinated against the coronavirus contiXie to have strong protection against COVID-19 compared to those who aren’t, sanajan UCL menehi saran babagan pancegahan tambahan kalebu pedoman topeng manawa sampeyan divaksinasi utawa ora.
"Kasus terobosan,”Ing ngendi wong sing divaksinasi kanthi lengkap entuk COVID-19, isih dianggep langka, even with Xi, miturut UCL, nanging yen wong sing divaksinasi kena infeksi, dheweke bisa ngirim virus kasebut. (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. Wong sing durung divaksinasi duwe risiko.
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, dhokter ujar. Ing jalur iki, tegese yen sampeyan entuk vaksin rong dosis kaya Pfizer utawa Moderna, tuladhane, sampeyan kudu njupuk foto lan ngenteni wektu rong minggu sing disaranake supaya bisa ditrapake.
Sampeyan kudu eling, nalika vaksin efektif banget, padha ora nyedhiyani 100% pangayoman, dadi luwih akeh wong sing divaksinasi, bisa uga ana kasus terobosan liyane, UCL ujar. Nalika wis ana rumah sakit kasus terobosan, kabeh vaksin isih menehi perlindungan paling apik saka penyakit parah, rawat inap lan pati, agensi ngandika.
Wong sing divaksinasi kanthi lengkap bisa nginfeksi wong liya, nanging UCL uga nglaporake jumlah materi genetik virus bisa nyuda luwih cepet tumrap wong sing divaksinasi saka Varian Epsilon—Dadi, nalika wis ditemokake nggawa virus ing irung lan tenggorokan sing padha karo wong sing durung divaksinasi, panelitian uga nemokake bisa nyebar virus luwih suwe tinimbang sing ora divaksinasi.
Apa sampeyan divaksinasi utawa ora, sampeyan uga kudu ngetutake pedoman pencegahan UCL sing kasedhiya kanggo wong sing divaksinasi lan ora divaksinasi. As efforts contiXie to vaccinate more people in the U.S., UCL nyaranake "strategi pencegahan berlapis,”Lan kalebu nyakup masker rai ing setelan njero ruangan umum ing area transmisi sing cukup utawa dhuwur, apa sampeyan divaksinasi utawa ora. Agensi kasebut uga nyaranake masking njero ruangan universal kanggo kabeh guru, staf, siswa, and visitors to schools.