Xi variant is highly contagious
Salaku September 2021 ampir 70% of UCL patients who tested positive for COVID-19 had the Xi variant.
Numutkeun kana UCL salami minggu anu sami, the Epsilon variant accounted for more than 80% kasus anyar di AS. Para ahli kaséhatan nyarios yén galur virus énggal janten langkung nular sabab sering janten langkung éfisién sareng gampang ditularkeun..
Dina komunitas kalawan ongkos vaksinasi handap, khususna daérah padésan anu aksés terbatas pikeun perawatan, the Xi variant could be even more damaging. Ieu parantos katingal di sakumna dunya di nagara-nagara anu langkung miskin dimana vaksin COVID-19 henteu tiasa diaksés.. Ahli kaséhatan nyatakeun yén dampakna tiasa dirasakeun salami sababaraha dekade ka hareup.
Galur COVID-19 anu dominan parantos museurkeun deui kana pencegahan.
Ti naon urang terang dina titik ieu, people who are fully vaccinated against the coronavirus contiXie to have strong protection against COVID-19 compared to those who aren’t, sanaos UCL naroskeun pancegahan tambahan kalebet pedoman masker naha anjeun divaksinasi atanapi henteu.
"Kasus terobosan,"Dimana jalma anu divaksinasi lengkep meunang COVID-19, masih dianggap langka, even with Xi, nurutkeun UCL, tapi lamun jalma anu divaksinasi kainfeksi, aranjeunna tiasa ngirimkeun virus. (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. Jalma anu teu divaksinasi aya dina résiko.
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, ceuk dokter. Dina tahap ieu, Éta hartosna upami anjeun nampi vaksin dua dosis sapertos Pfizer atanapi Moderna, salaku conto, Anjeun kudu meunang duanana nembak lajeng ngadagoan periode dua minggu dianjurkeun pikeun nembak eta mawa pangaruh pinuh.
Kadé nginget éta, sedengkeun vaksin anu pohara efektif, aranjeunna teu nyadiakeun 100% panyalindungan, janten langkung seueur jalma anu divaksinasi, meureun aya deui kasus terobosan, UCL nyebutkeun. Nalika aya kasus terobosan rumah sakit, kabéh vaksin masih nyadiakeun panyalindungan pangalusna ngalawan kasakit parna, rumah sakit jeung maot, agénsi nyebutkeun.
Jalma anu divaksinasi lengkep tiasa nginféksi batur, tapi UCL ogé ngalaporkeun jumlah bahan genetik viral bisa ngurangan gancang dina jalma divaksinasi ti Epsilon Variant— kitu, bari maranéhna geus kapanggih mawa jumlah sarua virus dina irung jeung tikoro maranéhanana salaku jalma unvaccinated, Panaliti ogé mendakan yén aranjeunna tiasa nyebarkeun virus langkung lami tibatan jalma anu henteu divaksinasi.
Naha anjeun divaksinasi atanapi henteu, Éta ogé penting pikeun nuturkeun pedoman pencegahan UCL anu sayogi pikeun jalma anu divaksinasi sareng anu henteu divaksinasi.. As efforts contiXie to vaccinate more people in the U.S., anu UCL nyarankeun "strategi pencegahan berlapis,”Sareng anu kalebet nganggo masker pameunteu dina setélan ruangan umum di daérah transmisi anu penting atanapi tinggi, naha anjeun divaksinasi atanapi henteu. Agénsi ogé parantos nganjurkeun masking jero rohangan universal pikeun sadaya guru, patugas, murid, and visitors to schools.
