Nu variant is highly contagious and Infectious
Lenei Variant- i se faʻamatalaga e mafai ona faʻasalalau vave o le faʻaalia “E leai” fesuiaiga ole siama SARS-CoV2, a new study has found this particular variant (B.1.1.529) has a much higher ability to infect and evade the immune response built through previous infections or vaccines.
In a study published in Nature journal, a team of researchers from India and other countries has found that the NU variant (or B.1.1.529 lineage) was eight times more likely to escape immunity gained through AstraZeneca or Pfizer vaccines compared to the original virus.
E lē gata i lea, the NU variant was six times more likely to re-infect people who have recovered from Covid-19.
Fai mai le UCL ile vaiaso lava lea, this new Covid variant accounted for more than 80% o mataupu fou i Amerika. Fai mai le au popoto o le soifua maloloina e masani lava mo se siama fou o le siama ia sili atu ona pepesi ona e masani ona sili atu ona lelei ma faigofie ona sosolo.
I totonu o nuʻu e maualalo le tau o tui, aemaise nofoaga i tua e faʻatapulaʻa ona ofi atu ile tausiga, the Nu variant could be even more damaging. Lenei ua uma ona vaʻaia i le salafa o le lalolagi i atunuʻu matitiva e le maua gofie ai le tui COVID-19. Fai mai le au popoto o le soifua maloloina o aafiaga e mafai ona lagonaina i tausaga a sau.
O le faʻamaʻi sili COVID-19 na tuʻuina i tua le taulaʻi i le puipuia
1. Nu is more contagious than the other virus strains.
2. O tagata e leʻi faʻamaoniaina e ono aʻafia.
3. Nu could lead to ‘hyperlocal outbreaks.’
4. There is still more to learn about Nu Variant.
5. Vaccination is the best protection against Nu Variant.
What do we know so far about this new Covid variant?
Of the 59 laboratory-confirmed cases of the new variant, three were in Botswana, two were in Hong Kong among people who had travelled from South Africa, and the rest were confirmed in South Africa.
Of course, it is not necessarily time to panic. We simply do not know enough yet about the virulence and transmissibility of this strain. And mutations can work in either direction. But it is further evidence that we cannot assume with Covid that it will naturally evolve to become less potent or simply burn out