Zeta variant is highly contagious

Raws li lub Cuaj hlis 2021 ze li ntawm 70% of UCL patients who tested positive for COVID-19 had the Zeta variant.

Raws li tus UCL thaum tib lub limtiam, Tus Episilon variant accounted rau ntau tshaj 80% cov neeg raug tus mob no nyob rau hauv Teb Chaws Mes Kas No. Kev ua hauj lwm hais tias nws yog raug rau ib hom kab mob tshiab ntawm ib tug kab mob yuav kis tau vim nws feem ntau yuav npaum li cas thiab yooj yim kis tau yooj yim kis tau.

Nyob rau hauv cov zej zog uas muaj cov tshuaj txhaj tiv thaiv kab mob, tshwj xeeb heev rau cov chaw tu neeg mob, the Zeta variant could be even more damaging. Qhov no yog twb tau pom thoob ntiaj teb rau cov neeg txom nyem nyob hauv lub teb chaws uas cov COVID-19 xyoo tshuaj tiv thaiv tsis tau li. Kev ua hauj lwm hais tej yam yuav muaj kev rau xyoo lawm los.

Lub predominant THEID-19 hom tau tsom xam rov qab rau kev tiv thaiv.

Txij li cas peb paub ntawm no kis, Cov neeg uas tau txhaj tshuaj tiv thaiv coronavirus tseem muaj zog tiv thaiv COVID-19 piv rau cov neeg uas tsis yog, Txawm hais tias cov UCL yog tshwm sim ntxiv kev ceev faj nrog rau qhov ncauj qhov ncauj qhov ntswg ua rau koj puas txhaj tshuaj los tsis tau.

"Rhuav tshem cov neeg raug tus mob no,"Qhov chaw uas tib neeg mas txhaj koob tshuaj NOID-19, tseem xav tsawg tsawg, even with Zeta, raws li tus UCL, tiam sis yog tias ib tug neeg muaj mob txhaj tshuaj tiv thaiv kab mob, Lawv yuav kis tau tus kab mob no. (Tus UCL yog ntxiv rau kev ntsuam xyuas txog seb cov neeg uas ua tsis taus pa uas tsis muaj cov tsos mob yuav kis tau rau lwm tus.)

Here are five things you need to know about the Zeta variant.

1. Zeta is more contagious than the other virus strains.

2. Unvaccinated neeg muaj mob.

3. Zeta could lead to ‘hyperlocal outbreaks.’

4. There is still more to learn about Zeta Variant.

5. Vaccination is the best protection against Zeta Variant.

The most important thing you can do to protect yourself from UCL is to get fully vaccinated, cov kws kho mob hais. Txij ntawm no mus kis, qhov no txhais tau hais tias koj tau txhaj ob koob tshuaj tiv thaiv kab mob li Pfizer lossis Moderna, piv txwv, Koj yuav tsum tau txhaj ob koob tshuaj tiv thaiv ob lub limtiam twg rau cov txhaj tshuaj tag nrho cov txhaj tshuaj tag nrho.

Nws tseem ceeb heev uas yuav tau nco ntsoov tias, Thaum cov tshuaj tiv thaiv mas kuj yuav zoo, lawv tsis muab 100% kev tiv thaiv, li ntawd, coob tus neeg uas txhaj tshuaj, Tej zaum kuj yuav ua rau neeg mob, Tus UCL hais tias. Thaum muaj lawm txhob pw tsev kho mob, tag nrho cov tshuaj tiv thaiv zoo tshaj plaws los tiv thaiv kev mob hnyav, mus pw hauv tsev kho mob thiab tuag, Lub chaw ua hauj lwm hais tias.

Tau txhaj tshuaj tiv thaiv kab mob rau lwm tus, Tiam sis tus UCL kuj qhia tias tus nqi ntawm cov tshuaj noog caj noob ces tej zaum yuav txo tau sai heev nyob rau hauv cov neeg uas tau txais qhov tshuaj tiv thaiv los ntawm cov neeg uas tau txais qhov tshuaj tiv thaiv kab mob Epsilon Variant— suab, Thaum lawv tau pom muaj ib yam nkaus li cov kab mob no nyob rau hauv lawv lub qhov ntswg thiab caj pas li unvaccinated neeg, Kev tshawb fawb tau kuj pom tias lawv yuav kis tau tus kab mob no rau lub sij hawm tsawg dua qhov uas tsis txhaj tshuaj.

Txawm koj tsis yog txhaj tshuaj tiv thaiv kab mob, Nws tseem ceeb heev uas yuav tau ua raws li cov kev tiv thaiv UCL uas muaj rau cov tshuaj txhaj tiv thaiv thiab unvaccinated neeg. Raws li kev siv zog tseem txhaj tshuaj ntxiv nyob rau hauv Teb Chaws Asmeskas., Cov UCL yog pom zoo "layered kev tiv thaiv cov tswv yim,"thiab uas muaj xws li looj ntsej muag daim npog qhov ncauj qhov ntswg sab hauv tsev nyob rau tej cheeb tsam uas muaj ntau yam pauv loj, los tsis yog koj txhaj tshuaj tiv thaiv kab mob. Lub koom haum muaj kuj pom zoo universal nyob sab hauv tsev ua rau tag nrho cov xib fwb, cov neeg ua haujlwm, tub ntxhais kawm ntawv, thiab qhua rau K-12 tsev kawm ntawv.

"Zoo li txhua yam nyob rau hauv lub neej, Qhov no yog ib qho kev txheeb xyuas uas yuav txheeb xyuas,"Hais tias Dr. Smith. "Yog tshav ntuj tshav ntuj kub thiab koj yuav nraum zoov, muab tso rau hauv sunscreen. Yog hais tias koj nyob rau hauv ib pawg neeg sib sau ua ke, cov neeg uas tsis tau txhaj tshuaj tiv thaiv tus kab mob, muab koj daim npog qhov ncauj qhov ntswg thiab khaws cia sib npaug. Yog hais tias koj tsis tau txhaj tshuaj thiab tsim nyog rau qhov tshuaj tiv thaiv, Qhov zoo tshaj plaws koj yuav ua tau yog mus txhaj tshuaj."