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Izikhulu zezempilo zaseNingizimu Afrika zithi cishe izingxenye ezintathu kwezine ze-virus genome ezilandelanayo ngenyanga edlule ziyingxenye entsha.
Izikhulu zezempilo zasendaweni zathi njengoba kutholakala izinhlobo ezintsha zokuqala emazweni amaningi, okuhlanganisa ne-United States, okuhlukile kwe-Omicron kube nomthelela ekwandeni “okukhathazayo” kwamacala e-coronavirus eNingizimu Afrika futhi ngokushesha kwaba inkinga enkulu.
I-United Arab Emirates kanye neSouth Korea, esezivele zilwa nalolu bhubhane olubhebhethekayo futhi ziqopha izifo zansuku zonke, nazo ziwaqinisekisile amacala okuhluka kwe-Omicron.
UDkt. Michelle Groome weNational Institute of Infectious Diseases (NICD) eNingizimu Afrika uthe isibalo sabantu abangenwe yilesi sifo sikhule kakhulu emasontweni amabili edlule, sisuka esilinganisweni samacala acishe abe ngu-300 amasha ngosuku ngesonto saya kwabayinkulungwane ngesonto eledlule, okwakamuva kube ngu-3,500. NgoLwesithathu, iNingizimu Afrika iqophe amacala ayi-8,561. Esontweni eledlule, izibalo zansuku zonke beziyi-1,275.
I-NICD ithe u-74% wawo wonke ama-virus genomes ahlelwe ngenyanga edlule awohlobo olusha, olutholwe okokuqala kusampula elaqoqwa eGauteng, okuyisifundazwe esinabantu abaningi eNingizimu Afrika, ngoNovemba 8.
I-KellyMed inikele ngephampu efakwayo, iphampu yesirinji kanye nephampu yokuphakelayo eMnyangweni Wezempilo waseNingizimu Afrika ukuze kunqobe lokhu kwehluka kwegciwane.

Nakuba kusenemibuzo ebalulekile mayelana nokusabalala kwezinhlobonhlobo ze-Omicron, ochwepheshe bamagange ukunquma izinga lokuvikela elihlinzekwa umgomo. Udokotela wezifo eziwumqedazwe weWorld Health Organisation (WHO) uMaria van Kerkhove uthe esithangamini naso ukuthi imininingwane mayelana nokutheleleka kwe-Omicron kufanele inikezwe “ezinsukwini ezimbalwa.”
I-NICD ithe idatha yangaphambi kwesikhathi ye-epidemiological ikhombisa ukuthi i-Omicron ingagwema ukungatheleleki okuthile, kodwa umgomo okhona kusafanele uvikele ukugula nokufa. Uğur Şahin, oyi-CEO ye-BioNTech, uthe umgomo owukhiqizayo ngokubambisana ne-Pfizer ungase unikeze isivikelo esiqinile ezifweni ezimbi zika-Omicron.
Ngenkathi uhulumeni elindele ukuthi kuvele isimo esibanzi, ohulumeni abaningi bayaqhubeka nokuqinisa imingcele emizamweni yokuvimbela ukusabalala kwaleli gciwane.
ISouth Korea yabeka imingcele yokuhamba eyengeziwe lapho kutholwa amacala amahlanu okuqala e-Omicron, futhi kunokukhathazeka okukhulayo kokuthi lokhu kuhluka okusha kungase kuthinte ukuqhubeka kwayo kwe-Covid.
Iziphathimandla zikumise ukukhululwa kokuvalelwa bodwa kwabahambi abangena ngaphakathi abagonywe ngokuphelele amasonto amabili, futhi manje badinga ukuvalelwa izinsuku eziyi-10.
Isibalo sansuku zonke sezifo zaseNingizimu Korea sifinyelele irekhodi elingaphezu kuka-5,200 XNUMX ngoLwesine, futhi kunokukhathazeka okukhulayo kokuthi isibalo seziguli ezinezimpawu ezinzima senyuke kakhulu.
Ngasekuqaleni kwale nyanga, izwe ladambisa imingcele - izwe seligome ngokuphelele abantu abadala abacishe babe ngama-92% - kepha isibalo sezifo sanda kusukela lapho, futhi ukuba khona kuka-Omicron kukhulise ukukhathazeka okusha ngengcindezi ohlelweni lwesibhedlela oseluvele lunzima.
EYurophu, umongameli wesigungu esiphezulu se-European Union wathi nakuba ososayensi beye banquma ubungozi bayo, abantu “baqhudelana nesikhathi” ukuze bagweme lokhu kuhlukahluka. I-EU izokwethula umuthi wokugomela izingane ezineminyaka ephakathi kwemi-5 neyi-11 isonto elilodwa ngaphambi komhla ziyi-13 kuZibandlela.
UMongameli Wekhomishini YaseYurophu u-Ursula von der Lein uthe esithangamini sabezindaba: “Zilungiselele okubi kakhulu futhi uzilungiselele okungcono kakhulu.”
Kokubili i-United Kingdom ne-United States bandise izinhlelo zabo zokuthuthukisa ukuze babhekane nezinhlobonhlobo ezintsha, futhi i-Australia ibuyekeza amathayimithebula abo.
Uchwepheshe ophambili wezifo ezithathelwanayo waseMelika u-Anthony Fauci ugcizelele ukuthi abantu abadala abagonywe ngokugcwele kufanele bafune ama-booster lapho befaneleka ukuzinikeza isivikelo esingcono kakhulu.
Ngaphandle kwalokhu, i-WHO iveze kaningi ukuthi inqobo nje uma i-coronavirus ivunyelwe ukusabalala ngokukhululeka phakathi kwenani elikhulu labantu abangagonyiwe, izoqhubeka nokukhiqiza okuhlukile okusha.
UMqondisi-Jikelele we-WHO uTedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus uthe: "Emhlabeni wonke, izinga lokufakwa komgomo wethu liphansi, futhi izinga lokutholwa liphansi kakhulu-lena imfihlo yokukhiqiza kabusha nokukhulisa ukuguqulwa kwezakhi zofuzo," kukhumbuza umhlaba ukuthi ukuguqulwa kwe-Delta "kuhlanganisa cishe zonke. Amacala".
"Kudingeka sisebenzise amathuluzi esivele sinawo ukuvimbela ukusabalala futhi sisindise izimpilo ze-Delta Air Lines. Uma senza kanjalo, sizokuvimbela ukusabalala futhi sisindise izimpilo ze-Omicron," esho.