I-CDC iyazi ukuthi amacala okuqala aqoshwe e-US we-B 1.351 okuhlukile kwe-SARS-CoV-2, eyaqala ukutholwa eNingizimu Afrika, akhonjwe eSouth Carolina.
I-CDC isemizameni yayo yokuqala ukuqonda lokhu okwahlukile futhi izoqhubeka nokuhlinzeka ngezibuyekezo njengoba sifunda kabanzi. Ngalesi sikhathi, asinabo ubufakazi bokuthi ukutheleleka ngale ndlela okuhlukile kubanga izifo ezinzima kakhulu. Njenge-UK ne-Brazilian variants, idatha yokuqala iphakamisa ukuthi lokhu okuhlukile kungasakazeka kalula futhi ngokushesha kunezinye izinhlobo.
CDC sizoqhubeka nokuxhumana nabalingani bamazwe, bamazwe nabasekhaya ukuqapha ubukhona nomthelela wokuhlukahluka e-United States nasemhlabeni jikelele. Ukwehluka kokuqapha yingakho iCDC ikhulise iNational SARS-CoV-2 Strain Surveillance (NS3). Siyaqhubeka nokusebenzisana namalabhorethri kazwelonke, iminyango yezempilo kahulumeni kanye nabacwaningi abavela ezweni lonke ukuqoqa imininingwane yokulandelana nokwandisa ukusetshenziswa kwedatha yokulandelana kwe-genomic ukuphendula lolu bhubhane.
I-CDC incoma ukuthi abantu bagweme ukuhamba ngalesi sikhathi. Kodwa-ke, kulabo okumele bahambe, kubekwe ezinye izinyathelo zokwengeza ukuphepha; ikakhulukazi njengoba ukwahluka kwe-COVID-19 kusakazeka emhlabeni jikelele. Kusukela ngoJanuwari 26, bonke abagibeli bomoya abangena e-United States kumele banikeze imiphumela yokuhlola engemihle noma imibhalo yokululama enkampanini yezindiza ngaphambi kokuba bagibele indiza eya e-US. Lesi ngesinye sempendulo ebanzi, eqhutshwa yisayensi ukunciphisa ukusabalala kwe- Covid-19 ngohambo nase-United States.
Izincomo ze-CDC zokwehlisa ukusakazeka — ukugqoka izifihla-buso, ukuhlala okungenani izinyawo eziyisithupha ngaphandle kwabanye, ukugwema izixuku, ukufaka umoya ezindlini, nokugeza izandla kaningi — nakho kuzokuvimbela ukusabalala kwalokhu okuhlukile.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- CDC will continue communicating with international, state, and local partners to monitor the presence and impact of variants in the United States and around the world.
- As of January 26, all air passengers flying into the United States must provide a negative test result or documentation of recovery to the airline before they board a flight to the US.
- CDC is early in its efforts to understand this variant and will continue to provide updates as we learn more.
