Xi variant is highly contagious
Raws li lub Cuaj hlis 2021 ze li ntawm 70% of UCL patients who tested positive for COVID-19 had the Xi variant.
Raws li tus UCL thaum tib lub limtiam, the Epsilon variant accounted for more than 80% cov neeg raug tus mob no nyob rau hauv Teb Chaws Mes Kas No. Kev ua hauj lwm hais tias nws yog raug rau ib hom kab mob tshiab ntawm ib tug kab mob yuav kis tau vim nws feem ntau yuav npaum li cas thiab yooj yim kis tau yooj yim kis tau.
Nyob rau hauv cov zej zog uas muaj cov tshuaj txhaj tiv thaiv kab mob, tshwj xeeb heev rau cov chaw tu neeg mob, the Xi variant could be even more damaging. Qhov no yog twb tau pom thoob ntiaj teb rau cov neeg txom nyem nyob hauv lub teb chaws uas cov COVID-19 xyoo tshuaj tiv thaiv tsis tau li. Kev ua hauj lwm hais tej yam yuav muaj kev rau xyoo lawm los.
Lub predominant THEID-19 hom tau tsom xam rov qab rau kev tiv thaiv.
Txij li cas peb paub ntawm no kis, 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 cov UCL yog tshwm sim ntxiv kev ceev faj nrog rau qhov ncauj qhov ncauj qhov ntswg ua rau koj puas txhaj tshuaj los tsis tau.
"Rhuav tshem cov neeg raug tus mob no,"Qhov chaw uas tib neeg mas txhaj koob tshuaj NOID-19, tseem xav tsawg tsawg, even with Xi, raws li tus UCL, tiam sis yog tias ib tug neeg muaj mob txhaj tshuaj tiv thaiv kab mob, Lawv yuav kis tau tus kab mob no. (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. Unvaccinated neeg muaj mob.
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, cov kws kho mob hais. Txij ntawm no mus kis, qhov no txhais tau hais tias koj tau txhaj ob koob tshuaj tiv thaiv kab mob li Pfizer lossis Moderna, piv txwv, Koj yuav tsum tau txhaj ob koob tshuaj tiv thaiv ob lub limtiam twg rau cov txhaj tshuaj tag nrho cov txhaj tshuaj tag nrho.
Nws tseem ceeb heev uas yuav tau nco ntsoov tias, Thaum cov tshuaj tiv thaiv mas kuj yuav zoo, lawv tsis muab 100% kev tiv thaiv, li ntawd, coob tus neeg uas txhaj tshuaj, Tej zaum kuj yuav ua rau neeg mob, Tus UCL hais tias. Thaum muaj lawm txhob pw tsev kho mob, tag nrho cov tshuaj tiv thaiv zoo tshaj plaws los tiv thaiv kev mob hnyav, mus pw hauv tsev kho mob thiab tuag, Lub chaw ua hauj lwm hais tias.
Tau txhaj tshuaj tiv thaiv kab mob rau lwm tus, Tiam sis tus UCL kuj qhia tias tus nqi ntawm cov tshuaj noog caj noob ces tej zaum yuav txo tau sai heev nyob rau hauv cov neeg uas tau txais qhov tshuaj tiv thaiv los ntawm cov neeg uas tau txais qhov tshuaj tiv thaiv kab mob Epsilon Variant— suab, Thaum lawv tau pom muaj ib yam nkaus li cov kab mob no nyob rau hauv lawv lub qhov ntswg thiab caj pas li unvaccinated neeg, Kev tshawb fawb tau kuj pom tias lawv yuav kis tau tus kab mob no rau lub sij hawm tsawg dua qhov uas tsis txhaj tshuaj.
Txawm koj tsis yog txhaj tshuaj tiv thaiv kab mob, Nws tseem ceeb heev uas yuav tau ua raws li cov kev tiv thaiv UCL uas muaj rau cov tshuaj txhaj tiv thaiv thiab unvaccinated neeg. As efforts contiXie to vaccinate more people in the U.S., Cov UCL yog pom zoo "layered kev tiv thaiv cov tswv yim,"thiab uas muaj xws li looj ntsej muag daim npog qhov ncauj qhov ntswg sab hauv tsev nyob rau tej cheeb tsam uas muaj ntau yam pauv loj, los tsis yog koj txhaj tshuaj tiv thaiv kab mob. Lub koom haum muaj kuj pom zoo universal nyob sab hauv tsev ua rau tag nrho cov xib fwb, cov neeg ua haujlwm, tub ntxhais kawm ntawv, and visitors to schools.