Xi variant is highly contagious
E oʻo ia Setema 2021 toeitiiti 70% of UCL patients who tested positive for COVID-19 had the Xi variant.
Fai mai le UCL ile vaiaso lava lea, the Epsilon variant accounted for more than 80% o mataupu fou i Amerika. Fai mai le au popoto o le soifua maloloina e masani lava mo se siama fou o le siama ia sili atu ona pepesi ona e masani ona sili atu ona lelei ma faigofie ona sosolo.
I totonu o nuʻu e maualalo le tau o tui, aemaise nofoaga i tua e faʻatapulaʻa ona ofi atu ile tausiga, the Xi variant could be even more damaging. Lenei ua uma ona vaʻaia i le salafa o le lalolagi i atunuʻu matitiva e le maua gofie ai le tui COVID-19. Fai mai le au popoto o le soifua maloloina o aafiaga e mafai ona lagonaina i tausaga a sau.
O le faʻamaʻi sili COVID-19 na tuʻuina i tua le taulaʻi i le puipuia.
Mai mea ua tatou iloa i lenei taimi, people who are fully vaccinated against the coronavirus contiXie to have strong protection against COVID-19 compared to those who aren’t, e ui lava o loʻo fautuaina e le UCL ni faʻaeteetega faʻaopoopo e aofia ai ma faʻataʻi o matapulepula pe ua fai tui oe pe leai.
“Tulaga faigata,”Lea e maua ai e tagata o loʻo fai tui puipui uma le COVID-19, e manatu seasea lava, even with Xi, tusa ai ma le UCL, ae a faʻapea ua maua se tagata ua tui, latou mafai faʻamaʻi le siama. (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. O tagata e leʻi faʻamaoniaina e ono aʻafia.
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, fai mai fomai. I lenei taimi, o lona uiga afai e te mauaina se tui e lua-tui pei o le Pfizer poʻo le Moderna, faataitaiga, oe tatau ona maua uma puʻeina ona faʻatali lea o le lua-vaiaso fautuaina mo na puʻeina ina ia aoga atoatoa.
E taua le manatuaina o lena, a o tui e aoga tele, latou te le avatua 100% puipuiga, e pei la o le toʻatele o tagata e fai tui, atonu e tele atu isi mea mataʻutia, fai mai le UCL. A o i ai le alualu i luma tulaga falemaʻi, o vailaʻau uma lava e maua ai lava le puipuiga sili atu mai faʻamai ogaoga, falemaʻi ma le oti, fai mai le ofisa.
Tagata atoatoa tui mafai tagata pipisi isi, ae o loʻo lipotia foi e le UCL le aofaʻi o meafaitino i siama e ono vave faaitiitia vave i tagata na tuiina mai le Epsilon Variant—So, a o lea ua maua latou o loʻo tauʻavea le aofaʻi tutusa o siama i latou isu ma faʻaʻi e pei o ni tagata e leʻi faʻamaonia, O suʻesuʻega foi na latou mauaina atonu latou te faasalalauina siama mo sina taimi nai lo i latou e leʻi tuiina.
E tusa pe tui oe pe leai, e taua foʻi le mulimuli i faʻataʻitaʻiga o le puipuia o le UCL o loʻo avanoa mo tagata ua tui ma le faia tui puipui. As efforts contiXie to vaccinate more people in the U.S., o loʻo fautuaina e le UCL le faiga o puipuiga,”Ma e aofia ai ma le faia o ufiufi o mata i nofoaga faitele i totonu o fale i nofoaga e tele pe feʻaveaʻi ai, pe tui oe pe leai. Ua fautuaina foi e le ofisa soʻosoʻo ni masking i totonu o le lalolagi mo faiaoga uma, aufaigaluega, tamaiti aʻoga, and visitors to schools.