Arthur Greene
Okuhlukahluka kwe-Covid-19 okushayela ukuthelelana okusha eNingizimu Afrika futhi okudonsela izwe kugagasi lwesithathu kubizwa ngokuthi i-Beta variant.
Ngenkathi ukuhlukahluka kwe-Beta, phambilini okwaziwa emhlabeni jikelele njengokuhlukahluka kwaseNingizimu Afrika, kunokuthelelana okungaphezu kuka-90% wezwe lonke, okunye ukuguquka kokuhlukahluka, i-Delta, nakho kutholakele.
Ukuhlukahluka kwe-Delta kwaqala ukutholakala eNdiya ngoMfumfu wonyaka odlule, kanti kulo nyaka kulethe izinkinga kuzinsizakalo zezokwelapha ezweni.
Lokhu kuhlukahluka kukholwa ngososayensi ukuthi kusabalala ngokushesha okukhulu kune-Beta noma i-Alpha, futhi, kusukela ngoLwesithathu, sekutholakele emazweni angama-85.
Ososayensi baphinde bathi ukuhlukahluka kwe-Delta kudala izimpawu ezihluke kakhulu kukuhlukahluka kwaphambilini, futhi kungafaniswa ngomkhuhlane ojwayelekile.
I-BBC ibike ngesonto eledlule ukuthi ikhanda elibuhlungu, umphimbo obuhlungu, namafinyila amanzi yizimpawu ezintathu ezivame ukubikwa kubantu abanokuhlukahluka kwe-Delta.
Izimpawu zakudala ze-Covid-19 zibalwe yi-Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (i-CDC) njengomkhuhlane, umphimbo obuhlungu, ukukhwehlela nokulahlekelwa iphunga noma ukunambitha.
Ngokusho kukaTim Spector, uprofesa wezifo zofuzo e-King’s College London, lezi zimpawu azitholakali kakhulu kubantu abanokuhlukahluka kwe-Delta.
“I-Covid… isebenza ngokuhlukile manje, ifana nje nomkhuhlane omubi,” esho.
USpector wengeze ngokuthi abantu abaningi abatheleleke ngokuhlukahluka kwe-Delta e-UK abakuboni njenge-Covid, futhi abazihlukanisi.
“Abantu bangacabanga ukuthi sebenomkhuhlane othile, kanti basaya emicimbini … sicabanga ukuthi lokhu kubanga inkinga enkulu.”
Umthombo wesithombe: @ABCScience
Ngenkathi ukuhlukahluka kwe-Beta, phambilini okwaziwa emhlabeni jikelele njengokuhlukahluka kwaseNingizimu Afrika, kunokuthelelana okungaphezu kuka-90% wezwe lonke, okunye ukuguquka kokuhlukahluka, i-Delta, nakho kutholakele.
Ukuhlukahluka kwe-Delta kwaqala ukutholakala eNdiya ngoMfumfu wonyaka odlule, kanti kulo nyaka kulethe izinkinga kuzinsizakalo zezokwelapha ezweni.
Lokhu kuhlukahluka kukholwa ngososayensi ukuthi kusabalala ngokushesha okukhulu kune-Beta noma i-Alpha, futhi, kusukela ngoLwesithathu, sekutholakele emazweni angama-85.
Ososayensi baphinde bathi ukuhlukahluka kwe-Delta kudala izimpawu ezihluke kakhulu kukuhlukahluka kwaphambilini, futhi kungafaniswa ngomkhuhlane ojwayelekile.
I-BBC ibike ngesonto eledlule ukuthi ikhanda elibuhlungu, umphimbo obuhlungu, namafinyila amanzi yizimpawu ezintathu ezivame ukubikwa kubantu abanokuhlukahluka kwe-Delta.
Izimpawu zakudala ze-Covid-19 zibalwe yi-Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (i-CDC) njengomkhuhlane, umphimbo obuhlungu, ukukhwehlela nokulahlekelwa iphunga noma ukunambitha.
Ngokusho kukaTim Spector, uprofesa wezifo zofuzo e-King’s College London, lezi zimpawu azitholakali kakhulu kubantu abanokuhlukahluka kwe-Delta.
“I-Covid… isebenza ngokuhlukile manje, ifana nje nomkhuhlane omubi,” esho.
USpector wengeze ngokuthi abantu abaningi abatheleleke ngokuhlukahluka kwe-Delta e-UK abakuboni njenge-Covid, futhi abazihlukanisi.
“Abantu bangacabanga ukuthi sebenomkhuhlane othile, kanti basaya emicimbini … sicabanga ukuthi lokhu kubanga inkinga enkulu.”
Umthombo wesithombe: @ABCScience