Yintoni i-Mu eyahlukileyo ye-COVID-19?

Umxholo

• Yaqala nini kwaye phi i-Mu Variant?
• Ngaba ukwahluka kweMu kuyingozi?
• Unokwenza ntoni ngoMu
• Uphengululo lwe

Kwezi ntsuku, kubonakala ngathi awukwazi ukuskena iindaba ngaphandle kokubona isihloko esinxulumene ne-COVID-19. Kwaye ngelixa okwahluka okuchaphazeleka kakhulu kwe-Delta kusekho kakhulu kwi-radar yomntu wonke, kubonakala ngathi kukho enye into eyahlukileyo ejongwa ziingcali zezempilo kwihlabathi. (Idibeneyo: Yintoni i-C.1.2 COVID-19 eyahlukileyo?)

Ukwahluka kwe-B.1.621, okwaziwa ngcono njenge-Mu, kubekwe kuluhlu lwe-SARS-CoV-2 yoMbutho wezeMpilo weHlabathi, eyahlukileyo enomdla, eyahlukileyo "notshintsho lwemfuza oluchazwe njengoluchaphazela iimpawu zentsholongwane," ezinje ngokuhambisa ubungqongqo besifo, phakathi kwezinye izinto. Ukusukela ngoMvulo, nge-30 ka-Agasti, i-WHO ijonge ngononophelo ukusasazeka kwe-Mu. Nangona uphuhliso malunga neMu lusaqhubeka, nalu ulwaphulo lwento eyaziwayo ngoku malunga nokwahluka. (ICYMI: Isebenza njani i-Vacov-19 Vaccine?)

Yaqala nini kwaye phi i-Mu Variant?

Umahluko we-Mu wachongwa okokuqala ngokulandelelana kwe-genomic (inkqubo esetyenziswa ngoososayensi ukuhlalutya iintlobo zentsholongwane) eColombia emva koJanuwari. Ngoku ithatha malunga neepesenti ezingama-40 zamatyala elizweni, ngokutsho kwenqaku leveki eliphuma kwi-WHO. Nangona ezinye iimeko ziye zaxelwa kwenye indawo (kubandakanya uMzantsi Merika, iYurophu, kunye ne-U.S., ngokutsho UMgcini), uVivek Cherian, M.D., ugqirha wamayeza wangaphakathi onxulumene neYunivesithi yaseMaryland Medical System, uxelela Ubume Kuselithuba ukuba ungazikhathazi ngokungeyomfuneko malunga noMu. "Imalunga nokuba ukwanda kokungafaniyo eColombia kuyanda, nangona ukwanda kwehlabathi kungaphantsi kweepesenti eziyi-0.1," uxela. Imilo. (Eyeleleneyo: Yintoni uSulelo lwe-COVID-19?)

Ngaba ukwahluka kweMu kuyingozi?

Ngo-Mu okwangoku kudweliswe njengenye ye-WHO eyahlukileyo enomdla, kuyaqondakala ukuba uziva ungazinzanga. Kodwa kufanelekile ukuqaphela ukuba, ukuza kuthi ga ngoku, amaZiko oLawulo lweSifo kunye noThintelo alidwelisi i-Mu phantsi kokwahluka komdla okanye ukwahluka kwenkxalabo (ebandakanya ukwahluka, okufana neDelta, enobungqina bokwanda kokusuleleka, isifo esiqatha ngakumbi. , kunye nokunciphisa ukusebenza kwizitofu zokugonya).

Ngokuphathelele ukwakheka kukaMu, i-WHO iphawula ukuba ukwahluka "kuneqela leenguqu ezibonisa iipropathi ezinokubakho zokubaleka komzimba." Oku kuthetha ukuba ukhuselo lomzimba onalo ngoku (mhlawumbi lufunyenwe ngesitofu sokugonya okanye ugonyo lwendalo emva kokuba unentsholongwane) UCanzibe ayisebenzi kangako xa kuthelekiswa nohlobo lwangaphambili okanye intsholongwane yokuqala ye-SARS-CoV-2 (i-Alpha eyahlukileyo), ngenxa yoguqulo lwemfuza oluchongiweyo kolu hlobo luthile, utshilo uGqr. Cherian. Unyango lwe-Monoclonal antibody, olusetyenziselwa ukumodareyitha ukuya kwi-COVID-19, lunokuthi lungasebenzi kangako ngokuchasene nokwahluka kwe-Mu, utshilo. "Konke oku kusekwe kuphononongo lwedatha yokuqala ebonakalise ukunciphisa ukusebenza kwee-antibodies ezifunyenwe kugonyo okanye ukubonakaliswa kwangaphambili." (Funda ngakumbi: Kutheni le nto i-COVID-19 entsha isasazeka ngokukhawuleza?)

Ngokubhekisele kubukhali kunye nokusasazeka kuka-Mu? I-WHO "isekwinkqubo yokuqokelela idatha ethe kratya, eya kuthi ichaze amandla okwahluka okubangela izifo ezibi kakhulu, ukuba isasazeke ngakumbi okanye inciphise ukusebenza konyango okanye izitofu, eyona nto iyixhala langoku" ngokukaGqirha Cherian. Ngenxa yokukhawuleza kokungafani kweDelta kwihlabathi liphela, "ngokuqinisekileyo likho ithuba [Mu] elinokuthi liphuculwe lize lixhalabe," utshilo.

Okwangoku, uyaphinda athi "ekugqibeleni, konke oku kusekwe kulwazi lwakwangoko, kwaye ixesha elininzi kunye nedatha ziyafuneka ukwenza naliphi na ingxelo ecacileyo ngokubhekisele kwinto eyahlukileyo kaMu." Kuselithuba ukuba uchaze ukuba uMu uya kuba yinto eyoyikisayo kakhulu kubantu baseMelika abagonywe ngokupheleleyo. "Awunakwenza naluphi na uhlobo oluvela kwinto yokuba uMu udweliswe njengokwahluka komdla," utshilo.

Unokwenza ntoni ngoMu

UGqr. Cherian uthi: “Indlela ekwazi ngayo ukulawuleka intsholongwane ixhomekeke kwizinto ezimbini eziphambili: indlela esosulela ngayo/yosulela ngayo le ngxaki kunye nendlela esebenza ngayo ekubangeleni isifo esiyingozi okanye ukufa,” utsho uGqr. Cherian. "Utshintsho lwentsholongwane luhlala lusenzeka, kwaye ekugqibeleni naluphi na utshintsho olwenzeka kuxinzelelo oluthile okanye ekubulaleni (okanye okubi kakhulu, zombini), ziya kuba namathuba aphezulu okuba namandla."

Okwangoku, eyona migca mihle yokuzikhusela ibandakanya ukunxiba iimaski esidlangalaleni naphakathi endlwini xa ungekho nabantu abavela kwikhaya lakho, ukugqiba iidosi zokugonya, kunye nokufumana i-booster shot xa ukulungele (okt iinyanga ezisibhozo emva kwethamo lesibini lokuthintela iPfizer- I-BioNTech okanye abafumana i-Moderna, ngokwe-CDC). Ezi zezinye zezixhobo ezifanelekileyo zokukunceda ugcine i-COVID-19 kunye nazo zonke izinto zayo ezahlukileyo. (I-FYI: Isidleke sikaJohnson kunye noJohnson, ii-booster recs zakho zisendleleni kungekudala.)

Ulwazi kweli bali luchanekile ngexesha lokushicilelwa. Njengoko uhlaziyo malunga ne-coronavirus ye-COVID-19 luqhubeka nokuvela, kunokwenzeka ukuba ezinye iinkcukacha kunye nezindululo kweli bali zitshintshile ukusukela ekupapashweni kwayo. Siyakukhuthaza ukuba ujonge rhoqo ngezixhobo ezinjenge-CDC, i-WHO, kunye nesebe lezempilo likarhulumente kwindawo yakho yokufumana olona lwazi lwanamhlanje kunye neengcebiso.

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