I-UK iqinisekisa ukufa kokuqala okuvela kuhlobo olusha lwe-COVID-19

British UNdunankulu u-Boris Johnson wenze isimemezelo namuhla, eqinisekisa ukuthi uhlobo olusha lwe-COVID-19 Omicron lubize isisulu salo sokuqala kuleli i-United Kingdom.

"I-Omicron ikhiqiza ukulaliswa esibhedlela futhi, ngokudabukisayo, okungenani isiguli esisodwa sekuqinisekisiwe ukuthi sishonile," kusho. Johnson ngesikhathi evakashele umtholampilo wokugoma eWest London ngoMsombuluko.

The Ungqongqoshe unxuse abantu ukuthi bangayishiyi i-Omicron “njengenguqulo ethambile yegciwane le-COVID-19,” kucatshangelwa “ijubane elenyuka ngalo ngenani labantu.”

Umlayezo othathwe esitatimendeni sikaJohnson ubuthi umthamo okhuthazayo wokugomela i-COVID-19 unganciphisa ubungozi bokutheleleka noma, uma kungenjalo, okungenani wenze izimpawu zibe yingozi kangako.

Izolo, Boris Johnson wayexwayise abaseBrithani ukuthi kukhona “igagasi elikhulayo le-Omicron ezayo.” Ubesebeke nomnqamulajuqu omusha: wokuthi, ekupheleni kukaDisemba, ama-booster azotholakala kubo bonke abazimisele ukuthola ukuvikeleka okwengeziwe ku-coronavirus.

Kutholwe amacala e-Omicron angama-3,137 esewonke UK kuze kube manje, ngokusho kwedatha yakamuva. Kodwa-ke, iningi lalezo ziguli zelashelwa emakhaya, kanti eziyishumi kuphela zazo ezilaliswe esibhedlela England, UK UNobhala Wezempilo uSajid Javid uthe ngoMsombuluko.

Ngale kokusabalala ngokushesha kwalolu hlobo olusha, uhulumeni waseBrithani wenze isinqumo ngeSonto sokususa izinga lesexwayiso se-COVID-19 lisuka ku-3 liye ku-4, okukhombisa ukuthi "ukutheleleka kuphezulu, futhi ingcindezi eqondile ye-COVID-19 ezinsizeni zokunakekelwa kwezempilo isabalele. nokukhulu noma ukuphakama.”

I-Omicron strain ye-COVID-19 yabikwa okokuqala eNingizimu Afrika ngoNovemba 24, lapho iNhlangano Yezempilo Yomhlaba (i-WHO) yahlaba umkhosi ngoshintsho olukhulu lwalolu hlobo olusha, olunamandla okulwenza luthatheleke kakhulu noma lubulale. Lezi zindaba zabangela ukusabela okwesabekayo, lapho amazwe ase-Europe ebeka imingcele yokuhamba eNingizimu Afrika nakwamanye amazwe amaningana ezwenikazi.

Kodwa-ke, lokho akuzange kumise u-Omicron evela eYurophu, kanti icala lokuqala latholwa eBelgium ngoNovemba 27. Ngokushesha ngemva kwalokho, igciwane eliguquliwe labonakala emazweni amaningi aseYurophu, kuhlanganise ne-UK, kanye nase-US, eRussia, Japan, namanye amazwe emhlabeni jikelele.

Namanje akukacaci ukuthi i-Omicron ibulala kakhulu yini ukwedlula eyandulelayo, nokuthi imithi yokugoma ekhona kungenzeka yini ukuthi ibhekane nalolu hlobo olusha.