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Amagosa ezempilo eMzantsi Afrika athi phantse iikota ezintathu ze-genome yentsholongwane elandelelaniswe kwinyanga ephelileyo zezo ntlobo zintsha.
Amagosa ezempilo asekuhlaleni athi njengoko kwafunyanwa iintlobo ezintsha zokuqala kumazwe amaninzi, kuquka ne-United States, uhlobo lwe-Omicron lube negalelo ekwandeni “okuxhalabisayo” kwamatyala e-coronavirus eMzantsi Afrika kwaye ngokukhawuleza lwaba lolona hlobo luphambili.
I-United Arab Emirates kunye neSouth Korea, esele zilwa nobhubhane oqhubeka usiba mandundu kwaye zirekhoda usulelo lwemihla ngemihla, nazo ziqinisekisile amatyala e-Omicron variant.
UGqr. Michelle Groome weNational Institute of Infectious Diseases (NICD) eMzantsi Afrika uthe inani lezifo liye landa kakhulu kwiiveki ezimbini ezidlulileyo, ukusuka kumyinge wamatyala amatsha angama-300 ngosuku ngeveki ukuya kwi-1,000 kwiveki ephelileyo, elona lakutshanje lingama-3,500. NgoLwesithathu, uMzantsi Afrika urekhode amatyala angama-8,561. Kwiveki ephelileyo, izibalo zemihla ngemihla beziyi-1,275.
I-NICD ithe i-74% yazo zonke ii-genome zentsholongwane ezilandelelaniswe kwinyanga ephelileyo zezo zale nguqulelo intsha, eyafunyanwa okokuqala kwisampulu eqokelelwe eGauteng, iphondo elinabantu abaninzi eMzantsi Afrika, nge-8 kaNovemba.
I-KellyMed inikele ngempompo yokufaka, impompo yesirinji kunye nempompo yokondla kwiSebe lezeMpilo laseMzantsi Afrika ukuze yoyise olu hlobo lwentsholongwane.

Nangona kusekho imibuzo ebalulekileyo malunga nokusasazeka kwe-Omicron variants, iingcali zinomdla wokufumanisa inqanaba lokhuseleko olunikezelwa yi-vaccine. Ingcali ye-epidemiological ye-World Health Organisation (WHO) uMaria van Kerkhove uthe kwintlanganiso ukuba idatha malunga nokosuleleka kwe-Omicron kufuneka inikwe "kwiintsuku ezimbalwa."
I-NICD ithe idatha yokuqala ye-epidemiological ibonisa ukuba i-Omicron inokuyiphepha intsholongwane ethile, kodwa i-vaccine ekhoyo kufuneka isakhusele ukugula nokufa okunzulu. U-Uğur Şahin, i-CEO ye-BioNTech, uthe i-vaccine eyivelisayo ngokubambisana ne-Pfizer inokubonelela ngokhuseleko oluqinileyo kwizifo ezinzulu ze-Omicron.
Ngelixa urhulumente elinde ukuba kuvele imeko ebanzi ngakumbi, oorhulumente abaninzi bayaqhubeka nokuqinisa imiqathango yemida ukuze bathintele ukusasazeka kwale ntsholongwane.
UMzantsi Korea ubeke imiqathango engaphezulu yokuhamba xa kwafunyanwa amatyala amahlanu okuqala e-Omicron, kwaye kukho inkxalabo ekhulayo yokuba olu hlobo lutsha lunokuchaphazela ukwanda okuqhubekayo kwe-Covid.
Abasemagunyeni barhoxise ukukhululwa ekubekweni ecaleni kwabahambi abangenayo abagonyiweyo ngokupheleleyo kangangeeveki ezimbini, kwaye ngoku kufuneka babekwe bodwa iintsuku ezili-10.
Inani lemihla ngemihla losulelo eMzantsi Korea lifikelele kwirekhodi engaphezulu kwama-5,200 ngoLwesine, kwaye kukho inkxalabo ekhulayo yokuba inani lezigulana ezineempawu ezinzima linyuke kakhulu.
Ekuqaleni kwale nyanga, ilizwe liye lanciphisa imiqathango - ilizwe liye lagonya ngokupheleleyo phantse ama-92% abantu abadala - kodwa inani losulelo liye landa ukusukela ngoko, kwaye ubukho be-Omicron buye bandisa inkxalabo entsha malunga noxinzelelo kwinkqubo yesibhedlele esele ixinezelekile.
EYurophu, umongameli wequmrhu elilawulayo le-European Union uthe nangona izazinzulu zifumanise iingozi zayo, abantu “babaleka nxamnye nexesha” ukuze baphephe olu hlobo lutsha. I-EU iza kuqalisa isitofu sokugonya sabantwana abaneminyaka ephakathi kwemi-5 neli-11 ubudala kwiveki enye ngaphambi komhla we-13 kweyoMnga.
UMongameli weKhomishini yaseYurophu u-Ursula von der Lein uthe kwinkomfa nabezindaba: “Lungela okubi kwaye ulungele okona kulungileyo.”
I-United Kingdom kunye ne-United States zandise iinkqubo zazo zokuxhasa ukuze zijongane neenguqulelo ezintsha, kwaye i-Australia ihlaziya amaxesha azo okusebenza.
Ingcali ephezulu yezifo ezosulelayo yaseMelika uAnthony Fauci ugxininise ukuba abantu abadala abagonywe ngokupheleleyo bafanele bafune amayeza okunyusa amandla xa befanelekile ukubonelela ngokhuseleko olungcono kubo.
Nangona kunjalo, i-WHO iphindaphinde yathi logama nje i-coronavirus ivunyelwe ukusasazeka ngokukhululekileyo phakathi kwabantu abaninzi abangagonywanga, iya kuqhubeka nokuvelisa iintlobo ezintsha.
UMlawuli-Jikelele we-WHO uTedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus uthe: “Kwihlabathi liphela, izinga lethu lokugonywa liphantsi, kwaye izinga lokufunyaniswa liphantsi kakhulu - le yimfihlo yokuzala nokwandiswa kotshintsho,” ukhumbuza ihlabathi ukuba utshintsho lweDelta “lubangela phantse zonke iimeko”.
“Kufuneka sisebenzise izixhobo esinazo ukuthintela ukusasazeka nokusindisa ubomi beDelta Air Lines. Ukuba senza njalo, siya kuthintela ukusasazeka nokusindisa ubomi be-Omicron,” utshilo.