Okuhlukile kwe-Omicron okusha kwe-COVID-19 kusakazeka ngaphandle kokulawula e-United States.
Njengoba kunikezwe lokhu kusabalala okusheshayo kwe-Omicron entsha, amazwe kufanele adinge abagibeli bezindiza ukuthi bagqoke imaski ezindizeni ezithatha uhambo olude.
IWorld Health Organisation (WHO) inalesi sicelo sezikhulu.
I-subvariant ye-XBB.1.5 nayo itholwe eYurophu ngamanani anesizotha kodwa andayo, ngokusho kwe-WHO kanye nezikhulu zaseYurophu esithangamini nabezindaba.
Abagibeli kufanele belulekwe ukuthi bagqoke imaski ezindaweni ezinobungozi obukhulu njengezindiza ezithatha isikhathi eside, ngokusho kukaCatherine Smallwood, isikhulu esiphezulu sezimo eziphuthumayo se-WHO eYurophu, wengeza ngokuthi lokhu kufanele kube izincomo ezinikezwe abagibeli abafika besuka noma yikuphi ukudluliswa kwe-COVID-19. zisabalele.
Ngokusho kochwepheshe bezempilo, i-Omicron subvariant ethathelana kakhulu etholwe kuze kube manje, i-XBB.1.5, ibalwe ku-27.6% wamacala e-COVID-19 e-United States phakathi nesonto eliphela mhla ziyisi-7 kuJanuwari.
Bekungaziwa ukuthi i-XBB.1.5 izoqubula yini ukuqubuka kwayo emhlabeni wonke. Ngokusho kochwepheshe, ukugoma kwamanje kuvikela izimpawu ezinzima, ukulaliswa esibhedlela, nokufa.
Amazwe kufanele ahlole isisekelo sobufakazi sokuhlola ngaphambi kokuhamba, futhi uma kuthathwa izinyathelo, izilawuli zokuhamba kufanele zisetshenziswe ngendlela engabandlululi, ngokusho kuka-Smallwood.
Kuleli qophelo, i-FDA ayiphakamisi ukuhlolwa kwabahambi abavela e-United States.
Ukugadwa kwe-Genomic kanye nokukhomba abahambi abavela kwezinye izizwe kuyizinyathelo ezingenzeka inqobo nje uma zingakhiphi izinsiza kude nezinhlelo zokugada zendawo.
Ezinye zihlanganisa ukuqapha amanzi angcolile ezindaweni zokungena ezifana nezikhumulo zezindiza.
I-XBB.1.5 iyinzalo ka-Omicron, okuwuhlobo oluthelelanayo kakhulu futhi manje oluhamba phambili emhlabeni wonke lwegciwane le-COVID-19.
Kuyigatsha le-XBB, elitholwe ngo-Okthoba futhi liyinhlanganisela yama-subvariants amabili ahlukene e-Omicron.
Ukukhathazeka nge-XBB.1.5 okubhebhethekisa igagasi elisha lamacala e-United States nakwezinye izindawo kuyanda kanye nokwanda kwamacala e-COVID e-China ngemva kokusuka kwezwe kunqubomgomo yalo ewumfanekiso ethi “zero COVID” ngenyanga edlule.
Isikhungo saseShayina Sokulawula Nokuvimbela Izifo sithole ukusabalala kwe-Omicron sublineages BA.5.2 kanye ne-BF.7 phakathi kwezifo ezitholwe endaweni, ngokusho kwedatha enikezwe yi-WHO ekuqaleni kwale nyanga.
The I-European Union Aviation Safety Agency (i-EASA) kanye ne-European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) ikhiphe izincomo zezindiza phakathi kweChina ne-European Union ngoLwesibili, okubandakanya izindlela ezingezona ezemithi ezifana nokusetshenziswa kwemaski nokuhlolwa kwabahambi, kanye nokuqapha kwamanzi angcolile njengethuluzi lokuxwayisa kusenesikhathi ukuthola okuhlukile okusha.
Izinhlangano zinxusa ukuhlolwa okungahleliwe kwisampula yabagibeli abangenayo kanye nokwenyuka kokuhlanza nokubulala amagciwane ezindizeni ezihlinzeka le mizila.
Amazwe angaphezu kweshumi nambili, okuhlanganisa ne-United States, adinga ukuhlolwa kwe-COVID ezivakashini zase-China.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) issued recommendations for flights between China and the European Union on Tuesday, including non-pharmaceutical measures such as mask use and traveller testing, as well as wastewater monitoring as an early warning tool to detect new variants.
- 5 fuelling a new wave of cases in the United States and elsewhere are growing in tandem with an increase in COVID cases in China after the country's move away from its iconic “zero COVID” policy last month.
- Passengers should be advised to wear masks in high-risk settings such as long-haul flights, according to Catherine Smallwood, the WHO's senior emergency officer for Europe, adding that this should be a recommendation issued to passengers arriving from anywhere COVID-19 transmission is widespread.
