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Izakhamuzi ezindala e-US California zithinteke kakhulu njengobaUkwanda kwe-COVID-19kulobu busika: abezindaba

I-Xinhua | Kubuyekezwe: 2022-12-06 08:05

I-LOS ANGELES – Izakhamuzi ezindala eCalifornia, okuyisifundazwe esinabantu abaningi e-United States, zithinteke kakhulu njengoba i-COVID-19 ikhuphuka kakhulu kulobu busika, kusho abezindaba bendawo ngoMsombuluko, becaphuna idatha esemthethweni.

Kube nokwanda okukhathazayo kokwamukelwa esibhedlela kwabantu abadala abane-coronavirus esifundazweni saseNtshonalanga ye-US, okwenyuka kwafinyelela emazingeni angakaze abonwe selokhu kwaqubuka ukwanda kwe-Omicron ehlobo, kubika i-Los Angeles Times, iphephandaba elikhulu kunawo wonke e-US West Coast.

Iphephandaba liphawule ukuthi ukulaliswa esibhedlela sekuphindwe kathathu kubantu baseCalifornia bamaqembu amaningi eminyaka kusukela ekuqaleni kwekwindla, kodwa ukwanda kwabantu abadala abadinga ukunakekelwa esibhedlela kube kukhulu kakhulu.

Amaphesenti angu-35 kuphela abantu abadala abagonyiwe eCalifornia abaneminyaka engu-65 nangaphezulu asebethole i-booster ebuyekeziwe selokhu yaqala ukutholakala ngoSepthemba. Phakathi kwabantu abafanelekile abaneminyaka engu-50 kuya kwengu-64 ubudala, cishe amaphesenti angu-21 athole i-booster ebuyekeziwe, ngokusho kombiko.

Kuwo wonke amaqembu eminyaka, abantu abaneminyaka engaphezu kuka-70 yibo kuphela ababona izinga labo lokulaliswa esibhedlela eCalifornia lidlula elokuqala kwe-Omicron ehlobo, kusho umbiko, ucaphuna i-US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Ukungeniswa esibhedlela okusha okune-coronavirus kuphindwe kabili emavikini amabili nesigamu kuphela kwaba ngu-8.86 kubantu baseCalifornia abayi-100,000 abaneminyaka engu-70 nangaphezulu. Umbiko uthi izinga eliphansi lasekwindla, ngaphambi nje kwe-Halloween, lalingu-3.09.

“Senza umsebenzi odabukisayo wokuvikela abantu abadala ku-COVID embi eCalifornia,” kusho u-Eric Topol, umqondisi we-Scripps Research Translational Institute eLa Jolla, ecashunwa yileli phephandaba.

Isifundazwe, esihlala izakhamuzi ezingaba yizigidi ezingu-40, sithole amacala angaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-10.65 aqinisekisiwe kusukela ngoDisemba 1, kanye nokufa okungu-96,803 kusukela ekuqaleni kobhubhane lwe-COVID-19, ngokusho kwezibalo zakamuva ze-COVID-19 ezikhishwe uMnyango Wezempilo Yomphakathi waseCalifornia.