Uphiko lwe-Hawai'i Department of Health's (DOH) State Laboratories Division (SLD) luqinisekisa okuhlukile kwe-SARS-CoV-2 B.1.1.529, okwaziwa nangokuthi okuhlukile kwe-Omicron, kutholakele eziqhingini.
“Lesi akusona isizathu sokwethuka, kodwa yisizathu sokukhathazeka. Kuyisikhumbuzo sokuthi ubhubhane luyaqhubeka. Kudingeka sizivikele ngokugonywa, ukugqoka imaski, ukuqhela ngokusemandleni ethu futhi sigweme ukugcwala kwabantu abaningi,” kusho uMqondisi Wezempilo uDkt. Elizabeth Char, we-FACEP.
NgoMsombuluko I-Diagnostic Laboratory Services, Inc. (DLS) ihlonze isifanekiso esinomkhondo wamangqamuzana obonisa ukuthi kungase kube i-Omicron. I-State Laboratories Division yenze ukulandelana kwegenome kwasheshisa futhi namuhla yanquma ukuthi isifanekiso sinjalo okuhlukile kwe-Omicron.
Umuntu one-COVID-19 uyisakhamuzi sase-O'ahu esinezimpawu ezimaphakathi owayekade etheleleke nge-COVID-19, kodwa ongakaze agonywe.
Lesi yicala lokusabalala komphakathi. Umuntu akanawo umlando wokuhamba.
Okuhlukile kwe-Omicron kutholwe okungenani emazweni angama-23 nakwezinye izifundazwe okungenani ezimbili.
“Kuso sonke lesi sifo esiwubhubhane, ilebhu yesifunda sase-DOH ibihamba phambili ekulandeleni i-COVID-19 genomic, okuyindlela okwahlonzwa ngayo okuhlukile kwe-Omicron. Isistimu yethu yokugada iyasebenza. Lesi simemezelo siyisikhumbuzo sokuthi siqaphe kakhulu ukuze sizivikele thina kanye nabathandekayo bethu, ikakhulukazi ngesikhathi samaholidi,” kusho udokotela wezifo eziwumshayabhuqe woMbuso uDkt. Sarah Kemble.
"I-Diagnostic Laboratory Services, Inc. (DLS) isebenze eduze noMnyango Wezempilo kusukela ekuqaleni kwalolu bhubhane," kusho uDkt. Chris Whelen, iPhini Likamongameli kanye noMqondisi Wezobuchwepheshe we-Microbiology and Molecular Diagnostics. "Lapho sithola ukuphuma kofuzo lwe-spike, okuwumthombo wamangqamuzana wokuthi kungenzeka ukuthi leli gciwane lihlukile kwe-omicron, sabikela i-DOH State Laboratories ngokushesha sabathumela isampula ukuze lilandelelane."
Noma ubani othintwe umphenyi wecala ovela kwa-DOH uyacelwa ukuthi asize abambisane naye emzamweni wokunciphisa ukusakazeka kwe-COVID-19. Noma ngubani onezimpawu uyacelwa ukuthi ahlole futhi agweme abanye abantu. Abantu abangagonyiwe abasondelana eduze nabantu abane-COVID-19 bayelulekwa ukuthi bahlolwe.
Ulwazi ngokuhlolwa kwamahhala kanye nemithi yokugoma kuyatholakala lapha.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- “When we detected the spike gene drop-out, which is a molecular clue that the virus might be the omicron variant, we immediately reported it to DOH State Laboratories and sent them the sample for sequencing.
- Anyone contacted by a case investigator from DOH is asked to please cooperate in an effort to slow the transmission of COVID-19.
- “Throughout the pandemic, DOH's state lab has been a leader in conducting COVID-19 genomic sequencing, which is how the Omicron variant was identified.
