The Ibhodi Yezokuvakasha yase-Afrika USihlalo uCuthbert Ncube uthe: “Imboni yethu yezokuvakasha kanye nezokungcebeleka isesimweni sokululama kancane. Sinomuzwa wokuthi labo abavale imingcele eseNingizimu Afrika kufanele bayivule kabusha ngokushesha njengoba yavalwa, uma okuhlukile kwe-Omicron kungeke kusabisa njengoba bekucatshangwa ekuqaleni.”
Juergen Steinmetz, usihlalo we World Tourism Network wavuma: “Kufanele sifunde ukuphila naleli gciwane. Ngeke sikwazi ukuqeda i-Delta, i-Omicron, nanoma iyiphi inguqulo yobhubhane lwe-COVID-19 ngalesi sikhathi. Ngivumelana noCuthbert. Ngisho noma i-Omicron isakazeka ngokushesha uma iqhathaniswa ne-Delta, kodwa ingabulali kakhulu futhi ingaqini kakhulu, imingcele yamazwe ngamazwe kufanele iphinde ivuleke ngokushesha. I-Omicron okwamanje itholwe emazweni emhlabeni jikelele. Akuyona neze indaba yase-Afrika. Okubalulekile ukugoma nokuhlola. Kudingeka sisebenzele kukho, ukuthi maduzane akekho okufanele akwazi ukugibela indiza yamazwe ngamazwe ngaphandle kokuthola ukuhlolwa kwe-PCR okusheshayo emahoreni ambalwa ngaphambi kokugibela. Ukuhlolwa kwe-PCR okusheshayo kuyatholakala futhi kufanele kube okokusebenza okujwayelekile ezikhumulweni zezindiza zamazwe ngamazwe emhlabeni jikelele. Lezi zindleko zingahlanganiswa nentela noma ekubalweni kwemali yamathikithi endiza.”
ENingizimu Afrika ososayensi abaholayo, kuhlanganise UDkt. Alex Sigal, okuqinisekisile ekuhlolweni kwegazi kokuqala, ukuthi kubonakala sengathi umuntu ogonywe ngokugcwele othole imithamo emibili ye-Pfizer angase angavikeleki ngokugcwele ekwahlukeni okusha kwe-Omicron esithathelwanayo kakhulu.
Nokho, maningi amathuba okuthi labo bantu abathole umthamo wesithathu kulindeleke ukuthi babe nezinga eliphezulu lokuvikela. Alukho ucwaningo oluphelele okwamanje, ngakho-ke lokhu ukutholwa kokuqala.
Ososayensi baseThekwini, eNingizimu Afrika bathole ukuthi okuhlukile kwe-Omicron kungagwema kancane ukuvikeleka kumithamo emibili yomgomo we-Pfizer.
Ngenkathi labo bantu abagonywe ngokuphelele bekwazile ukwenza umehluko we-Omicron, ososayensi bathi imithamo ye-booster ingasiza ukuvikela ukutheleleka ngaleli gciwane nakakhulu.
Ososayensi base-Australia bathole inguqulo entsha “eyimfihlo” yokwehluka kwe-Omicron Covid-19 okungaba nzima ukuyilandelela, lapho uHulumeni waseQueensland eqinisekisa ukuthi bathole icala “lokukhohlisa”.
Ihluke ngokofuzo kodwa iwela ngaphansi kwesambulela se-Omicron, ukuhlola okujwayelekile kwe-PCR kubonakala kungakwazi ukuhlukanisa inguqulo entsha yegciwane kwezinye izinhlobo ezifana ne-Delta noma uhlobo lokuqala lwe-Covid-19. Esikhundleni salokho, okuhlukile kudinga ukuqinisekiswa ngokuhlolwa ngokuhlaziywa kwegenome ephelele.
Ngenxa yalokhu, abanye abacwaningi babiza okuhlukile okusha ngokuthi “Stealth Omicron”.
UDkt. Anthony Fauci wase-United States ngoLwesibili utshele inhlangano yezindaba i-Agence France-Presse ukuthi okuhlukile kwe-omicron “cishe ngokuqinisekile” akubi kakhulu kune-delta. Uphinde wagcizelela ukuthi kuzothatha okungenani amasonto ambalwa ukuqonda imibuzo ebalulekile emayelana nokuqina kwe-omicron.
Lokhu kuphinde kwaqinisekiswa naseNingizimu Afrika lapho abahlaziyi bephetha ngokuthi nakuba isibalo samacala sanda ngesivinini eNingizimu Afrika, izinga lokufa alikabi phezulu kangako ukuphakamisa ukukhathazeka.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- Scientists in Australia have discovered a new “stealth” version of the Omicron Covid-19 variant that could be harder to track, with the Queensland Government confirming they've detected a case of the “stealth” strain.
- Lokhu kuphinde kwaqinisekiswa naseNingizimu Afrika lapho abahlaziyi bephetha ngokuthi nakuba isibalo samacala sanda ngesivinini eNingizimu Afrika, izinga lokufa alikabi phezulu kangako ukuphakamisa ukukhathazeka.
- Genetically distinct but falling under the Omicron umbrella, standard PCR tests seem unable to distinguish the new version of the virus from other strains such as Delta or the original Covid-19 strain.
