Xi variant is highly contagious
ʻI Sepitema 2021 meimei 70% of UCL patients who tested positive for COVID-19 had the Xi variant.
Fakatatau ki he UCL lolotonga e uike tatau pe, naʻe lau ʻa e Epsilon variant ʻo laka hake ʻi he 80% ʻo e ngaahi meʻa foʻou ʻi he U.S.. ʻOku pehe ʻe he kau mataotao ki he moʻui lelei ʻoku ’ s angamaheni ki ha faingataʻaʻia foʻou ʻo ha vailasi ke mafola lahi ange koeʻuhi he ʻoku faʻa lelei mo faingofua ange hono ʻave.
ʻI he tukui kolo ʻoku siʻisiʻi ange ai e huhu maluʻi, tautautefito ki he ngaahi feituʻu ʻuta ʻoku fakangatangata pe ʻenau lava ʻo tokangaʻi, the Xi variant could be even more damaging. Kuo ʻosi mamataʻi ʻeni ʻi he funga ʻo e mamani ʻi ha ngaahi fonua ʻoku ʻikai ke ʻi ai ha huhu maluʻi ʻe 19 ʻoku ʻikai #8217; ʻikai lava ke maʻu. ʻOku pehe ʻe he kau mataotao ki he moʻui lelei ʻe lava ke ongoʻi ʻa e ola ʻi he ngaahi taʻu lahi ka hoko mai.
Kuo hanga ʻe he faingataʻaʻia lahi COVID-19 ʻo toe tokanga taha ki he fakaʻehiʻehi.
Mei he meʻa ʻoku tau ʻilo ʻi he tuʻunga ko ʻeni, people who are fully vaccinated against the coronavirus contiXie to have strong protection against COVID-19 compared to those who aren’t, Neongo ʻoku faleʻi ʻe he UCL ha ngaahi fakatamaki lahi ange kau ai ʻa e ngaahi fakahinohino fakapuli ʻo tatau ai pe pe ʻoku huhu maluʻi koe pe ʻikai.
"Ngaahi meʻa ʻoku lolotonga hoko," ʻa ia ʻoku maʻu ai ʻe he kakai ʻoku huhu maluʻi kakato ʻa e COVID-19, ʻoku kei lau pē ʻoku hāhāmolofia, even with Xi, ʻo fakatatau ki he UCL, ka ʻo kapau ʻe uesia ha taha ʻoku huhu maluʻi, te nau lava ʻo ʻave ʻa e vailasí. (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. ʻOku tuʻu fakatuʻutamaki ʻa e kakai Unvaccinated.
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, ʻoku pehē ʻe he kau toketaá. ʻI he taimi ko ʻeni, ʻa ia ko hono ʻuhinga kapau te ke maʻu ha huhu maluʻi ʻe ua hange ko Pfizer pe Moderna, hangē ko ʻení, kuo pau ke ke fakatou huhu pea tatali ki he vahaʻataimi uike ʻe ua ʻoku fokotuʻu atu ke fakahoko kakato ai e ngaahi huhu ko ia.
ʻOku mahuʻinga ke manatuʻi ia, neongo ʻoku ola lelei ʻaupito ʻa e vaccines, ʻoku ʻikai ke nau tokonaki 100% maluʻi, ko ia ʻi he tokolahi ange ʻa e kakai ʻoku huhu maluʻi, mahalo ʻe ʻi ai ha ngaahi meʻa lahi ange ʻoku lolotonga hoko, ʻoku pehe ʻe he UCL. Neongo kuo ʻi ai ha hospitalizations, ʻoku kei ʻomi pē ʻe he ngaahi huhu maluʻi kotoa pē ʻa e maluʻi lelei taha mei he puke lahí, hospitalization mo e mate, ʻoku pehē ʻe he tauʻatāina ke.
ʻE lava ke uesia ʻe he kakai ʻoku huhu maluʻi kakato ʻa e niʻihi kehe, ka ʻoku toe lipooti foki ʻe he UCL ʻa e lahi ʻo e naunau tukufakaholo viral ʻe holoa vave ange ʻi hono huhu maluʻi e kakai mei he Fakakeheʻi ʻo e Epsilon—ko ia, neongo kuo maʻu kinautolu ke nau toʻotoʻo ʻa e vailasi tatau ʻi honau ihu mo e throats ko ha kakai ʻoku ʻikai ke nau maluʻi, kuo toe ʻilo foki ʻe he ngaahi ako te nau lava ʻo mafola ʻa e vailasi ʻi ha taimi siʻisiʻi ange ʻiate kinautolu ʻoku ʻikai huhu maluʻi.
Tatau ai pe pe ʻoku huhu maluʻi koe pe ʻikai, ʻoku toe mahuʻinga foki ke muimui ki UCL ngaahi fakahinohino ki he fakaʻehiʻehi ʻoku lava ke maʻu ʻe he kakai huhu maluʻi mo ʻikai huhu maluʻi. As efforts contiXie to vaccinate more people in the U.S., ʻoku fokotuʻu mai ʻe he UCL ʻa e "ngaahi founga fakaʻehiʻehi layered," pea ʻoku kau ai hono tui ʻo e ngaahi fakapuli ʻi he ngaahi feituʻu ʻoku ʻi ai e kakai ʻi he ngaahi feituʻu ʻoku lahi pe maʻolunga, ʻo tatau ai pe pe ʻoku huhu maluʻi koe pe ʻikai. Kuo toe fokotuʻu mai foki ʻe he tauʻataina ke fili ha tepi fakapipiki fakamamani lahi maʻa e kau faiako kotoa pe, kau ngāué, kau akó, and visitors to schools.