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Abantu abadala e-US California bachaphazeleke kakhuluUkwanda kwe-COVID-19kule busika: imidiya

IXinhua | Ihlaziyiwe: 2022-12-06 08:05

I-LOS ANGELES – Abemi abadala eCalifornia, ilizwe elinabantu abaninzi eMelika, bachaphazeleke kakhulu njengoko i-COVID-19 isanda kakhulu kule busika, njengoko amajelo eendaba asekuhlaleni exele ngoMvulo, ecaphula idatha esemthethweni.

Kubekho ukunyuka okuxhalabisayo kokwamkelwa kwabantu abadala esibhedlele abane-coronavirus kwilizwe lasentshona ye-US, ukunyuka ukuya kumanqanaba angazange abonwe ukusukela oko kwathi kwaqhambuka ukunyuka kwe-Omicron ehlotyeni, ibike iLos Angeles Times, iphephandaba elikhulu kwi-US West Coast.

Iphephandaba liphawule ukuba ukulaliswa esibhedlele kuphindwe kathathu kubantu baseCalifornia bamaqela amaninzi eminyaka ukususela kwi-low ekwindla, kodwa ukunyuka kwabantu abadala abafuna unyango lwesibhedlele kube yinto ephawulekayo.

Yi-35 ekhulwini kuphela yabantu abadala abagonyiweyo eCalifornia abaneminyaka engama-65 nangaphezulu abafumene i-booster ehlaziyiweyo ukusukela oko yafumaneka ngoSeptemba. Phakathi kwabantu abafanelekileyo abaneminyaka engama-50 ukuya kwengama-64 ubudala, malunga ne-21 ekhulwini bafumene i-booster ehlaziyiweyo, ngokutsho kwengxelo.

Kuwo onke amaqela eminyaka, abantu abaneminyaka engaphezu kwama-70 kuphela ababona izinga labo lokulaliswa esibhedlele eCalifornia lidlula elo le-Omicron peak yasehlotyeni, itsho ingxelo, ikhankanya i-US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Ukulaliswa esibhedlele okutsha okune-coronavirus kuphindwe kabini kwiiveki ezimbini ezinesiqingatha ukuya kwi-8.86 kubantu baseCalifornia abayi-100,000 abaneminyaka engama-70 nangaphezulu. Ingxelo ithi izinga eliphantsi lasekwindla, ngaphambi nje kweHalloween, lalingu-3.09.

“Senza umsebenzi obuhlungu wokukhusela abantu abadala kwi-COVID eqatha eCalifornia,” u-Eric Topol, umlawuli weScripps Research Translational Institute eLa Jolla, ucatshulwe ngeli phephandaba.

Eli lizwe, elihlala abantu abamalunga nezigidi ezingama-40, lichonge amatyala aqinisekisiweyo angaphezu kwezigidi ezili-10.65 ukusukela nge-1 kaDisemba, kunye nokufa kwabantu abangama-96,803 ukusukela oko kwaqala ubhubhane we-COVID-19, ngokwezibalo zamva nje ze-COVID-19 ezikhutshwe liSebe lezeMpilo loLuntu laseCalifornia.