Daga sama da sabbin kararraki 200 da aka tabbatar a kowace rana a cikin 'yan makonnin nan, Afirka ta Kudu ta ga adadin sabbin kararraki na yau da kullun zuwa sama da 3,200 ranar Asabar, galibi a Gauteng.
Ƙoƙarin yin bayanin hauhawar lamura kwatsam, masana kimiyya sun yi nazarin samfuran ƙwayoyin cuta kuma sun gano sabon bambance-bambancen.Yanzu, kusan kashi 90% na sabbin shari'o'in a Gauteng suna haifar da ita, a cewar Tulio de Oliveira, darektan Cibiyar Binciken KwaZulu-Natal da Platform.
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ME YASA KIMIYYA SUKE DAMU AKAN WANNAN SABON BANBANCI?
Bayan da ta kira gungun kwararru don tantance bayanan, WHO ta ce "shaidar farko ta nuna karuwar hadarin sake kamuwa da wannan bambance-bambancen," idan aka kwatanta da sauran bambance-bambancen.
Wannan yana nufin mutanen da suka yi kwangilar COVID-19 kuma suka murmure na iya fuskantar sake kamawa.
Bambancin ya bayyana yana da adadi mai yawa na maye gurbi - kusan 30 - a cikin furotin na karu na coronavirus, wanda zai iya shafar yadda sauƙin yaduwa ga mutane.
Sharon Peacock, wacce ta jagoranci jerin kwayoyin halittar COVID-19 a Biritaniya a Jami'ar Cambridge, ta ce bayanan ya zuwa yanzu sun nuna cewa sabon bambance-bambancen yana da maye gurbin "daidai da ingantacciyar watsawa," amma ya ce "mahimmancin yawancin maye gurbi shine. har yanzu ba a sani ba."
Lawrence Young, masanin ilimin halittu a Jami'ar Warwick, ya bayyana omicron a matsayin "mafi yawan kwayar cutar da muka gani," gami da yiwuwar sauye-sauyen damuwa da ba a taɓa ganin su a cikin kwayar cutar guda ɗaya ba.
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ME AKE SAN KUMA BA'A SANI GAME DA BANBANCI?
Masana kimiyya sun san cewa omicron ya bambanta ta asali daga bambance-bambancen da suka gabata ciki har da bambance-bambancen beta da delta, amma ba su sani ba ko waɗannan canje-canjen kwayoyin sun sa ya zama mai saurin yaduwa ko haɗari.Ya zuwa yanzu, babu wata alamar bambance-bambancen da ke haifar da cututtuka masu tsanani.
Wataƙila zai ɗauki makonni don warwarewa idan omicron ya fi kamuwa da cuta kuma idan har yanzu alluran rigakafin suna da tasiri a kansa.
Peter Openshaw, farfesa a likitan gwaji a Kwalejin Imperial London ya ce "abu ne mai wuyar gaske" cewa allurar rigakafi na yanzu ba za su yi aiki ba, lura da cewa suna da tasiri a kan sauran bambance-bambancen.
Duk da cewa wasu canje-canjen kwayoyin halitta a cikin omicron suna nuna damuwa, har yanzu ba a san ko za su haifar da barazanar lafiyar jama'a ba.Wasu bambance-bambancen da suka gabata, kamar bambance-bambancen beta, da farko sun firgita masana kimiyya amma ba su ƙare ba sosai.
Peacock na Jami'ar Cambridge ya ce "Ba mu sani ba ko wannan sabon bambance-bambancen zai iya samun gindin zama a yankunan da delta yake.""Masu juri sun fito kan yadda wannan bambance-bambancen zai yi inda akwai sauran bambance-bambancen da ke yawo."
Ya zuwa yau, delta shine mafi girman nau'in COVID-19, wanda ke lissafin sama da kashi 99% na jerin abubuwan da aka ƙaddamar zuwa babbar bayanan jama'a na duniya.
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TA YAYA WANNAN SABON BANBANCI YA FARA?
Coronavirus yana canzawa yayin da yake yaduwa kuma yawancin sabbin bambance-bambancen, gami da waɗanda ke da sauye-sauyen ƙwayoyin cuta, galibi suna mutuwa kawai.Masana kimiyya suna lura da jerin COVID-19 don maye gurbi wanda zai iya sa cutar ta zama mai saurin yaduwa ko kuma mai kisa, amma ba za su iya tantance hakan ta hanyar kallon kwayar cutar ba.
Peacock ya ce bambance-bambancen "mai yiwuwa ya samo asali ne a cikin wanda ya kamu da cutar amma ba zai iya kawar da kwayar cutar ba, yana ba da damar kwayar cutar ta samo asali," a wani yanayi mai kama da yadda masana ke tunanin bambancin alpha - wanda aka fara gano shi a Ingila - Hakanan ya fito, ta hanyar rikidewa a cikin mutumin da ba shi da kariya.
SHIN WASU KASASHE KE YIWA HANYOYIN tafiye-tafiyen da suke yi?
Wataƙila.
Isra'ila na hana baki shiga cikin lardin sannan Maroko ta dakatar da duk wani zirga-zirgar jiragen sama na kasa da kasa.
Wasu kasashe da dama na hana zirga-zirgar jiragen sama daga kudancin Afirka.
Idan aka yi la'akari da karuwar saurin COVID-19 na baya-bayan nan a Afirka ta Kudu, hana tafiye-tafiye daga yankin "wani hankali ne" kuma zai sayi hukumomi karin lokaci, in ji Neil Ferguson, kwararre kan cututtukan cututtuka a Kwalejin Imperial ta London.
Amma WHO ta lura cewa galibi ana iyakance irin waɗannan takunkumin a cikin tasirin su kuma ta bukaci ƙasashe su buɗe kan iyakokin.
Jeffrey Barrett, darektan COVID-19 Genetics a Cibiyar Wellcome Sanger, ya yi tunanin cewa farkon gano sabon bambance-bambancen na iya nufin hane-hane da aka ɗauka yanzu zai sami babban tasiri fiye da lokacin da bambance-bambancen delta ya fara fitowa.
"Tare da delta, ya ɗauki makonni da yawa, da yawa a cikin mummunar girgizar Indiya kafin ta bayyana abin da ke faruwa kuma delta ta riga ta shuka kanta a wurare da yawa a duniya kuma ya yi latti don yin wani abu game da shi," in ji shi."Muna iya kasancewa a farkon lokaci tare da wannan sabon bambance-bambancen don haka har yanzu akwai sauran lokacin yin wani abu game da shi."
Gwamnatin Afirka ta Kudu ta ce ana yi wa kasar rashin adalci saboda ta samu ci gaba wajen bin diddigin kwayoyin halitta kuma za ta iya gano bambance-bambancen cikin sauri sannan ta bukaci sauran kasashen da su sake duba dokar hana zirga-zirga.
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Ma'aikatar Kiwon Lafiya da Kimiyya ta Associated Press tana samun tallafi daga Sashen Ilimin Kimiyya na Cibiyar Kiwon Lafiya ta Howard Hughes.AP ita ce ke da alhakin duk abun ciki kawai.
Haƙƙin mallaka 2021 TheKamfanin Associated Press.An kiyaye duk haƙƙoƙi.Ba za a iya buga wannan abu, watsawa, sake rubutawa ko sake rarrabawa ba.
Lokacin aikawa: Nuwamba-29-2021