Xi variant is highly contagious
Kusukela ngoSepthemba 2021 cishe 70% of UCL patients who tested positive for COVID-19 had the Xi variant.
Ngokusho kwe-UCL phakathi neviki elifanayo, the Epsilon variant accounted for more than 80% yamacala amasha e-U.S. Ochwepheshe bezempilo bathi kuyinto ejwayelekile ukuthi uhlobo olusha lwegciwane lutheleleke kakhulu ngoba kaningi lusebenza kahle kakhulu futhi ludluliswa kalula.
Emiphakathini enamazinga aphansi okugoma, ikakhulukazi izindawo zasemakhaya ezingenakho ukuthola ukunakekelwa okulinganiselwe, the Xi variant could be even more damaging. Lokhu sekuvele kubonakala emhlabeni jikelele emazweni ampofu lapho umuthi wokugoma i-COVID-19 ungatholakali kalula. Ongoti bezempilo bathi umthelela ungazwakala emashumini eminyaka ezayo.
Uhlobo oluphambili lwe-COVID-19 lubuyisele emuva ekuvikeleni.
Ngokwalokho esikwaziyo manje, people who are fully vaccinated against the coronavirus contiXie to have strong protection against COVID-19 compared to those who aren’t, yize i-UCL yeluleka ngokuqapha okungeziwe kufaka nemihlahlandlela yemaski ukuthi uyagonywa noma cha.
“Amacala okuphumelela,”Lapho abantu abagonywe ngokuphelele bathola i-COVID-19, kusabhekwa njengokungajwayelekile, even with Xi, ngokusho kwe-UCL, kodwa uma umuntu ogonyiwe ethelelekile, bangalidlulisa igciwane. (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 abangagonyiwe 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, kusho odokotela. Okwamanje, lokho kusho ukuthi uma uthola umuthi wokugoma wemithi emibili njengePfizer noma iModerna, Ngokwesibonelo, kufanele uthole isibhamu sobabili bese ulinda isikhathi esinconywayo samasonto amabili ukuze lezo zinhlamvu zisebenze ngokugcwele.
Kubalulekile ukukhumbula lokho, ngenkathi imithi yokugoma isebenza kahle kakhulu, abahlinzeki 100% ukuvikelwa, njengoba abantu abaningi begonywa, kungahle kube namacala amaningi okuphumelela, i-UCL ithi. Ngenkathi kube namacala okuphumelela esibhedlela, yonke imithi yokugoma isanikeza isivikelo esihle kakhulu ekuguleni okunzima, ukulaliswa esibhedlela nokufa, kusho i-ejensi.
Abantu abagonywe ngokuphelele bangathelela abanye, kepha i-UCL ibuye ibike ukuthi inani lezinto ezenziwa ngofuzo lingehla ngokushesha kubantu abagonyiwe abavela Okuhlukile kwe-Epsilon—Ngakho, ngenkathi zitholakale zithwala inani elifanayo legciwane emakhaleni nasemphinjeni njengabantu abangagonyiwe, ucwaningo luye lwathola nokuthi zingasabalalisa igciwane isikhathi esincane kunalezo ezingagonyiwe.
Ukuthi ugonywe noma cha, kubalulekile futhi ukulandela imihlahlandlela yokuvimbela i-UCL etholakalayo yabantu abagonyiwe nabagonyiwe. As efforts contiXie to vaccinate more people in the U.S., i-UCL incoma “amasu okuvikela agqinsiwe,”Futhi lokho kubandakanya ukufaka izifihla-buso zobuso ezindaweni zasendlini zomphakathi ezindaweni zokudlulisa okukhulu noma okuphezulu, noma ngabe ugonyiwe noma cha. I-ejensi iphinde yancoma ukufihlwa ngasendlini kwendawo yabo bonke othisha, abasebenzi, abafundi, and visitors to schools.
