Xi variant is highly contagious
Ukusukela ngoSeptemba 2021 phantse 70% of UCL patients who tested positive for COVID-19 had the Xi variant.
Ngokwe-UCL kwakule veki inye, the Epsilon variant accounted for more than 80% yamatyala amatsha e-U.S. Iingcali zezeMpilo zithi yinto eqhelekileyo ukuba uhlobo olutsha lwentsholongwane luyosasazeka kuba ludla ngokusebenza ngokukuko kwaye lusosulelwe ngokulula..
Kwiindawo ezinamazinga asezantsi okugonya, ngakumbi imimandla yasemaphandleni engafikeleliyo kwinkathalo, the Xi variant could be even more damaging. Oku sele kubonwa kwihlabathi liphela kumazwe ahluphekayo apho iyeza lokugonya le-COVID-19 alifumaneki. Iingcali zezempilo zithi ifuthe linokuvakala kumashumi eminyaka ezayo.
Eyona nto ibalulekileyo kwi-COVID-19 ibeke kugxino kuthintelo.
Ukusuka kwinto esiyaziyo ngeli nqanaba, people who are fully vaccinated against the coronavirus contiXie to have strong protection against COVID-19 compared to those who aren’t, nangona i-UCL icebisa ngezilumkiso ezongezelelweyo kubandakanya izikhokelo zemaski nokuba ugonyiwe okanye awugonywanga.
“Amatyala okuphumelela,”Apho abantu abagonywe ngokupheleleyo bafumana i-COVID-19, zisathathwa njengezinqabile, even with Xi, ngokwe-UCL, kodwa ukuba umntu ogonyiweyo wosulelekile, banokudlulisela intsholongwane. (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. Abantu abangafunyanwanga basengozini.
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, batsho oogqirha. Kule ndawo, Oko kuthetha ukuba ufumana iyeza lokuthintela iidosi ezimbini njengePfizer okanye iModerna, umzekelo, Kuya kufuneka ufumane zombini izithonga kwaye ulinde ixesha elicetyiswayo leeveki ezimbini ukuze ezo shoti zisebenze ngokupheleleyo.
Kubalulekile ukukhumbula oko, ngelixa izitofu zisebenza kakhulu, ababoneleli 100% ukhuseleko, njengoko abantu abaninzi begonyiwe, kunokubakho amatyala okuphumelela, I-UCL ithi. Ngelixa kukho imeko yokuqhekeka esibhedlele, Onke amayeza okugonya asabonelela ngokhuseleko olugqwesileyo kwizigulo eziqatha, ukulaliswa esibhedlele nokufa, itsho iarhente.
Abantu abagonywe ngokupheleleyo banokosulela abanye, kodwa i-UCL ikwaxela isixa semathiriyeli yemfuza yentsholongwane enokwehla ngokukhawuleza kubantu abagonyelweyo kwi Uhlobo lwe-Epsilon—Ngoko ke, Ngelixa kufunyenwe ukuba baphethe umlinganiselo ofanayo wentsholongwane ezimpumlweni nasemqaleni njengabantu abangagonywanga, uphononongo lufumanise ukuba banokusasaza intsholongwane ixesha elincinci kunalawo angagonywanga.
Nokuba uyagonywa okanye awugonywanga, kukwabalulekile ukulandela izikhokelo zokuthintela i-UCL ezifumanekayo kubantu abagonyelweyo nabangagonyelwanga. As efforts contiXie to vaccinate more people in the U.S., I-UCL icebisa “ngeendlela zokuthintela ukungcola,”Kwaye oko kubandakanya ukunxiba iimaski zobuso kwiindawo zangaphakathi zikawonke-wonke kwiindawo ezinokusasazeka okukhulu okanye okuphezulu, nokuba ugonyiwe okanye awugonywanga. I-arhente ikwacebise ukufihla ngaphakathi ngaphakathi kubo bonke ootitshala, abasebenzi, abafundi, and visitors to schools.