Xi variant is highly contagious
Dị ka Septemba 2021 fọrọ nke nta 70% of UCL patients who tested positive for COVID-19 had the Xi variant.
Dị ka UCL si kwuo n'otu izu ahụ, the Epsilon variant accounted for more than 80% nke ikpe ọhụrụ na US. Ndị ọkachamara ahụike kwuru na ọ bụ ụdị nje ọhụrụ na -efe efe karịa n'ihi na ọ na -adịkarị ngwa ngwa ma na -ebufe ya ngwa ngwa..
N'obodo ndị nwere ọnụego ịgba ọgwụ mgbochi dị ala, ọkachasị ime obodo nwere oke nlekọta nlekọta, the Xi variant could be even more damaging. A na-ahụ nke a gburugburu ụwa na mba ndị dara ogbenye ebe enweghị ọgwụ mgbochi COVID-19. Ndị ọkachamara ahụike kwuru na enwere ike inwe mmetụta ahụ ọtụtụ iri afọ na -abịa.
Nnukwu ụdị COVID-19 emeela ka mgbado anya dị na mgbochi.
Site n'ihe anyị maara n'oge a, people who are fully vaccinated against the coronavirus contiXie to have strong protection against COVID-19 compared to those who aren’t, agbanyeghị na UCL na -adụ ọdụ ka ị kpachara anya ndị ọzọ gụnyere ntuziaka nkpuchi ma a gbara gị ọgwụ ma ọ bụ na a gbaraghị gị.
“Okwu mkpachapụ anya,”Ebe ndị mmadụ na-agba ọgwụ mgbochi ọ bụla na-enweta COVID-19, ka na -ewere na ọ dị ụkọ, even with Xi, dị ka UCL si kwuo, mana ọ bụrụ na onye nwere ọgwụ mgbochi oria, ha nwere ike ibunye nje. (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. Ndị mmadụ na -anaghị agba ọgwụ mgbochi ọrịa nọ n'ihe egwu.
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, ndị dọkịta kwuru. N'ebe a, nke ahụ pụtara ma ọ bụrụ na ị nweta ọgwụ mgbochi abụọ dịka Pfizer ma ọ bụ Moderna, ọmụmaatụ, ị ga-enwerịrị gbaa abụọ wee chere oge izu abụọ a tụrụ aro ka gbaa ndị ahụ wee nwee mmetụta zuru oke.
Ọ dị mkpa icheta nke ahụ, ebe ọgwụ mgbochi ọrịa na -arụ ọrụ nke ọma, ha adịghị enye 100% nchedo, ka a na -agba ọtụtụ mmadụ ọgwụ mgbochi, enwere ike inwe ikpe ndị na -aga nke ọma, UCL kwuru. Ọ bụ ezie na enweela ọmarịcha ụlọ ọgwụ, ọgwụ mgbochi niile ka na -enye nchebe kacha mma megide ọrịa siri ike, ụlọ ọgwụ na ọnwụ, ụlọ ọrụ na -ekwu.
Ndị mmadụ gbara ọgwụ mgbochi ọrịa nwere ike bute ndị ọzọ, mana UCL na -akọkwa ọnụọgụ nke mkpụrụ ndụ ihe nketa nwere ike ibelata ngwa ngwa na ndị ọgwụ mgbochi site na Epsilon dị iche- yabụ, ebe a chọpụtala na ha na -ebu otu nje virus n'imi na akpịrị dịka ndị mmadụ anaghị agba ọgwụ mgbochi ọrịa, ọmụmụ achọpụtakwara na ha nwere ike gbasaa nje obere oge karịa ndị na -anaghị agba ọgwụ mgbochi.
Ị na -agba ọgwụ mgbochi ma ọ bụ na ọ bụghị, ọ dịkwa mkpa ịgbaso ntuziaka mgbochi UCL nke dị maka ndị nwere ọgwụ mgbochi na ndị anaghị agba ọgwụ mgbochi ọrịa. As efforts contiXie to vaccinate more people in the U.S., UCL na -atụ aro “atụmatụ mgbochi mkpuchi,”Na nke ahụ gụnyere ikpuchi ihu ihu na ntọala ime ụlọ ọha na mpaghara nke mgbasa ma ọ bụ nke dị elu, ma a gbara gị ọgwụ mgbochi ma ọ bụ na ị gaghị. Agencylọ ọrụ ahụ atụkwala aro ime nkpuchi ime ụlọ maka ndị nkuzi niile, mkpara, ụmụ akwụkwọ, and visitors to schools.