Xi variant is highly contagious
Kuanzia Septemba 2021 karibu 70% of UCL patients who tested positive for COVID-19 had the Xi variant.
Kulingana na UCL wakati wa wiki hiyo hiyo, the Epsilon variant accounted for more than 80% ya kesi mpya huko Merika. Wataalam wa afya wanasema ni kawaida kwa aina mpya ya virusi kuambukiza zaidi kwa sababu mara nyingi inakuwa yenye ufanisi zaidi na inayoambukizwa kwa urahisi.
Katika jamii zilizo na viwango vya chini vya chanjo, haswa maeneo ya vijijini na upatikanaji mdogo wa huduma, the Xi variant could be even more damaging. Hii tayari inaonekana ulimwenguni kote katika nchi masikini ambapo chanjo ya COVID-19 haipatikani. Wataalam wa afya wanasema athari inaweza kuhisi kwa miongo kadhaa ijayo.
Aina kubwa ya COVID-19 imerudisha nyuma uzuiaji.
Kutoka kwa kile tunachojua wakati huu, people who are fully vaccinated against the coronavirus contiXie to have strong protection against COVID-19 compared to those who aren’t, ingawa UCL inashauri tahadhari zaidi ikiwa ni pamoja na miongozo ya kinyago ikiwa umechanjwa au la.
“Kesi za kufanikiwa,”Ambapo watu ambao wamepewa chanjo kamili hupata COVID-19, bado hufikiriwa kuwa nadra, even with Xi, kulingana na UCL, lakini ikiwa mtu aliyepewa chanjo ameambukizwa, wanaweza kusambaza virusi. (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. Watu ambao hawajachanjwa wako katika hatari.
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, madaktari wanasema. Kwa wakati huu, hiyo inamaanisha ikiwa unapata chanjo ya dozi mbili kama Pfizer au Moderna, kwa mfano, lazima upate risasi zote mbili na kisha subiri kipindi kilichopendekezwa cha wiki mbili kwa shots hizo kuanza kutumika.
Ni muhimu kukumbuka hilo, wakati chanjo zina ufanisi mkubwa, hayatoi 100% ulinzi, hivyo watu wengi wanapatiwa chanjo, kunaweza kuwa na kesi za kufanikiwa zaidi, UCL inasema. Wakati kumekuwa na hospitali za mafanikio, chanjo zote bado hutoa kinga bora dhidi ya ugonjwa mkali, kulazwa hospitalini na kifo, shirika linasema.
Watu wenye chanjo kamili wanaweza kuambukiza wengine, lakini UCL pia inaripoti kiwango cha vifaa vya maumbile ya virusi vinaweza kupungua haraka kwa watu walio chanjo kutoka Tofauti ya Epsilon- kwa hivyo, wakati wamegundulika kubeba kiwango sawa cha virusi puani na kooni kama watu wasio na chanjo, utafiti pia umegundua kuwa wanaweza kueneza virusi kwa muda mfupi kuliko wale ambao hawajapewa chanjo.
Ikiwa umepata chanjo au la, ni muhimu pia kufuata miongozo ya kuzuia UCL ambayo inapatikana kwa watu wenye chanjo na wasio na chanjo. As efforts contiXie to vaccinate more people in the U.S., UCL inapendekeza "mikakati ya kuzuia layered,”Na hiyo ni pamoja na kuvaa vinyago vya uso katika mipangilio ya ndani ya umma katika maeneo ya maambukizi makubwa au ya juu, ikiwa umepatiwa chanjo au la. Wakala pia umependekeza kuficha kwa ndani kwa waalimu wote, wafanyakazi, wanafunzi, and visitors to schools.