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Izakhamizi zase-US California zishaye kanzima njengobaUkuqubuka kwe-COVID-19s kulobu busika: abezindaba

Xinhua | Kubuyekeziwe: 2022-12-06 08:05

I-Los Angeles - Izakhamizi ezindala eCalifornia, okuyisifunda esinabantu abaningi kakhulu e-United States, zithinteke kanzima njengoba i-COVID-19 ishuba kulobu busika, kubike abezindaba bendawo ngoMsombuluko, becaphuna imininingwane esemthethweni.

Kube nesixakaxaka sokungeniswa esibhedlela okune-coronavirus kubantu abadala esifundeni sasentshonalanga ye-US, okukhuphukela emazingeni angakaze abonwe selokhu kwahlinzwa i-Omicron yasehlobo, kubika i-Los Angeles Times, iphephandaba elikhulu kunawo wonke e-US West Coast.

Leli phephandaba liphawule ukuthi ukulaliswa esibhedlela sekuphindeke kathathu kubantu baseCalifornia beminyaka eminingi kusukela ekwindla bephansi, kodwa ukweqa kwabadala abadinga ukunakekelwa esibhedlela kube kumangalisa kakhulu.

Amaphesenti angu-35 kuphela abantu abadala abagonyiwe base-California abaneminyaka engu-65 nangaphezulu abathole i-booster ebuyekeziwe kusukela yatholakala ngoSepthemba. Phakathi kwabantu abafanelekile abaneminyaka engu-50 kuya kwengama-64 ubudala, cishe amaphesenti angama-21 bathole i-booster ebuyekeziwe, ngokusho kombiko.

Kuwo wonke amaqembu eminyaka yobudala, i-70-plus yiyona kuphela ebona izinga lokulaliswa esibhedlela eCalifornia lidlula inani eliphakeme le-Omicron ehlobo, kusho umbiko, ucaphuna Izikhungo ZaseMelika Zokulawula Nokuvimbela Izifo.

Izibhedlela ezintsha ezine-coronavirus ziphindeke kabili emasontweni amabili nesigamu nje zaya ku-8.86 kubo bonke abantu baseCalifornia abayi-100,000 abaneminyaka engama-70 kuya phezulu. Ukwehla kwekwindla, ngaphambi nje kwe-Halloween, kwakungu-3.09, kusho umbiko.

"Senza umsebenzi odabukisayo wokuvikela abantu abadala ku-COVID enzima eCalifornia," u-Eric Topol, umqondisi weScripps Research Translational Institute eLa Jolla, ucashunwe esho kanje leli phephandaba.

Umbuso, okuyikhaya lezakhamizi ezibalelwa ezigidini ezingama-40, uhlonze amacala aqinisekisiwe angaphezu kwezigidi eziyi-10.65 kusukela ngoDisemba 1, nokufa kwabantu abangama-96,803 selokhu kwaqala ubhubhane lwe-COVID-19, ngokwezibalo zakamuva ze-COVID-19 ezikhishwe yiCalifornia. Umnyango Wezempilo Yomphakathi.