Xi variant is highly contagious
Kuyambira Seputembala 2021 pafupifupi 70% of UCL patients who tested positive for COVID-19 had the Xi variant.
Malinga ndi UCL sabata yomweyo, mtundu wa Epsilon udakhala ndi zambiri kuposa 80% ya milandu yatsopano ku U.S. Akatswiri azaumoyo akuti ndiwothekanso kuti kachilombo katsopano kachilombo kamafalikira chifukwa nthawi zambiri kamakhala kosavuta komanso kosavuta kupatsirana.
M'madera omwe ali ndi katemera wocheperako, makamaka madera akumidzi omwe sapeza chithandizo chokwanira, the Xi variant could be even more damaging. Izi zikuwoneka kale padziko lonse lapansi m'maiko osauka komwe katemera wa COVID-19 sapezeka mosavuta. Akatswiri azaumoyo ati izi zitha kumveka kwazaka zikubwerazi.
Kupsyinjika kwakukulu kwa COVID-19 kwabwezeretsanso chidwi popewa.
Kuchokera pazomwe tikudziwa pano, people who are fully vaccinated against the coronavirus contiXie to have strong protection against COVID-19 compared to those who aren’t, ngakhale UCL ikulangiza zodzitetezera zina kuphatikiza malangizo a mask ngati mwalandira katemera kapena ayi.
“Milandu yochokera,”Komwe anthu omwe alandila katemera mokwanira amalandira COVID-19, amaonedwa kuti ndi osowa, even with Xi, malinga ndi UCL, koma ngati munthu amene wapatsidwa katemera ali ndi kachilombo, amatha kufalitsa kachilomboka. (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. Anthu opanda katemera ali pachiwopsezo.
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, adotolo akuti. Panthawi ino, zomwe zikutanthauza kuti mukalandira katemera wa mankhwala awiri monga Pfizer kapena Moderna, Mwachitsanzo, Muyenera kupeza kuwombera konseko kenako ndikudikirira nyengo yamasabata awiri kuti kuwomberako kukugwire ntchito.
Ndikofunika kukumbukira izi, pomwe katemerayu ndiwothandiza kwambiri, samapereka 100% chitetezo, kotero anthu ambiri amatemera, pakhoza kukhala milandu yojambula, UCL imatero. Pakhala pali zochitika zachipatala zopambana, katemera wonse amaperekabe chitetezo chabwino kwambiri kumatenda owopsa, kuchipatala ndi imfa, bungweli likuti.
Anthu opatsidwa katemera mokwanira amatha kupatsira ena matendawa, koma UCL imanenanso kuti kuchuluka kwa tizilombo toyambitsa matenda kumatha kutsika mwachangu kwa anthu omwe ali ndi katemera ochokera ku Epsilon Zosiyanasiyana—Ndipo, pomwe amapezeka kuti ali ndi kachilombo kofanana m'mphuno ndi m'mero ngati anthu osatetezedwa, Kafukufuku apezanso kuti atha kufalitsa kachilombo kwakanthawi kochepa kuposa omwe sanalandire katemera.
Kaya muli ndi katemera kapena ayi, nkofunikanso kutsatira malangizo opewera UCL omwe amapezeka kwa anthu omwe ali ndi katemera komanso osalandira katemera. As efforts contiXie to vaccinate more people in the U.S., UCL ikulimbikitsa "njira zopewera zopewera,”Ndipo izi zimaphatikizapo kuvala masks kumaso m'nyumba m'nyumba m'malo opatsirana kwambiri kapena okwera kwambiri, kaya mwalandira katemera kapena ayi. Bungweli lalimbikitsanso kuti aphunzitsi onse azibisa m'nyumba m'nyumba, antchito, ophunzira, komanso alendo obwera kusukulu.