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Abemi abadala e-US California babethe kakhulu njengokoUkuqhambuka kwe-COVID-19s kobu busika: eendaba

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

I-Los Angeles - Abemi abadala eCalifornia, elona lizwe linabantu abaninzi e-United States, babethwa kanobom njengoko i-COVID-19 iqhubeka kobu busika, amajelo eendaba asekhaya axele ngoMvulo, ecaphula idatha esemthethweni.

Kubekho i-spike ekhathazayo esibhedlele esine-coronavirus phakathi kwabantu abadala kwintshona ye-US, enyuka ukuya kumanqanaba angazange abonwe ukusukela ngehlobo lotyando lwe-Omicron, ingxelo yeLos Angeles Times, elona phephandaba likhulu kuNxweme oluseNtshona lwaseMelika.

Iphephandaba liphawule ukuba ukulaliswa esibhedlele kuphindaphindeke kathathu kubantu baseCalifornia kuninzi lwamaqela obudala ukusukela ekwindla, kodwa ukutsiba kwabantu abadala abafuna ukhathalelo esibhedlele kuye kwamangalisa kakhulu.

Kuphela ziipesenti ezingama-35 zabantu abadala abagonyiweyo baseCalifornia abaneminyaka engama-65 ukuya phezulu abathe bafumana i-booster ehlaziyiweyo ukusukela oko yafumaneka ngoSeptemba. Phakathi kwabantu abaneminyaka engama-50 ukuya kwi-64 ubudala, malunga neepesenti ze-21 baye bafumana i-booster ehlaziyiweyo, ngokutsho kwengxelo.

Kuwo onke amaqela eminyaka ubudala, i-70-plus yiyo kuphela ebona izinga layo lokulaliswa esibhedlele eCalifornia lidlula i-Omicron peak yasehlotyeni, yatsho ingxelo, icaphula amaZiko aseMelika oLawulo lweSifo kunye noThintelo.

Izibhedlele ezintsha ezine-coronavirus ziphindeke kabini kwiiveki nje ezimbini ezinesiqingatha ukuya kwi-8.86 kwi-100,000 yabantu baseCalifornia abaneminyaka engama-70 ukuya phezulu. Ikwindla ephantsi, ngaphambi nje kweHalloween, yayisisi-3.09, yatsho ingxelo.

“Senza umsebenzi olusizi wokukhusela abantu abadala kwi-COVID ebukhali eCalifornia,” u-Eric Topol, umlawuli weZiko leScripps Research Translational Institute eLa Jolla, ucatshulwe esitsho iphephandaba.

Urhulumente, ikhaya labahlali abamalunga nezigidi ezingama-40, bachonge ngaphezulu kwe-10.65 yezigidi zeemeko eziqinisekisiweyo ukusukela nge-1 kaDisemba, ngokusweleka abangama-96,803 ukusukela oko kwaqala ubhubhani we-COVID-19, ngokwezibalo zamva nje ze-COVID-19 ezikhutshwe yiCalifornia. ISebe lezeMpilo yoLuntu.