Idara za Afya ya Umma za California na San Francisco zimethibitisha kuwa kisa cha hivi majuzi cha COVID-19 miongoni mwa mtu mmoja huko California kilisababishwa na lahaja la Omicron (B.1.1.529). Mtu huyo alikuwa msafiri aliyerejea kutoka Afrika Kusini mnamo Novemba 22, 2021. Mtu huyo, ambaye alikuwa amechanjwa kikamilifu na alikuwa na dalili ambazo zinaendelea kuimarika, amejitenga na amekuwa akipimwa. Watu wote wa karibu wamewasiliana nao na wamejaribiwa kuwa hasi.
Mfuatano wa genomic ulifanyika katika Chuo Kikuu cha California, San Francisco na mfuatano huo ulithibitishwa katika CDC kuwa unalingana na lahaja la Omicron. Hiki kitakuwa kisa cha kwanza kuthibitishwa cha COVID-19 kilichosababishwa na lahaja ya Omicron kutambuliwa nchini Marekani.
Mnamo Novemba 26, 2021, Shirika la Afya Ulimwenguni (WHO) liliainisha lahaja mpya, B.1.1.529, kama Lahaja ya Kujali na kuliita Omicron na mnamo Novemba 30, 2021, Marekani pia iliainisha kama Lahaja ya Wasiwasi. CDC imekuwa ikifuatilia na kujiandaa kwa toleo hili kikamilifu, na tutaendelea kufanya kazi kwa bidii na washirika wengine wa afya ya umma na sekta ya Marekani na kimataifa ili kujifunza zaidi. Licha ya kugunduliwa kwa Omicron, Delta inasalia kuwa shida kuu nchini Merika.
Kuibuka kwa hivi majuzi kwa lahaja ya Omicron (B.1.1.529) inasisitiza zaidi umuhimu wa chanjo, viboreshaji, na mikakati ya jumla ya kuzuia inayohitajika ili kulinda dhidi ya COVID-19. Kila mtu mwenye umri wa miaka 5 na zaidi anapaswa kupata viboreshaji vya chanjo vinapendekezwa kwa kila mtu mwenye umri wa miaka 18 na zaidi.
NINI CHA KUONDOA KATIKA MAKALA HII:
- Genomic sequencing was conducted at the University of California, San Francisco and the sequence was confirmed at CDC as being consistent with the Omicron variant.
- This will be the first confirmed case of COVID-19 caused by the Omicron variant detected in the United States.
- The California and San Francisco Departments of Public Health have confirmed that a recent case of COVID-19 among an individual in California was caused by the Omicron variant (B.