British Prime Minister Boris Johnson adalengeza lero, kutsimikizira kuti mtundu watsopano wa COVID-19 Omicron wanena kuti adazunzidwa koyamba mu… United Kingdom.
"Omicron ikupanga zipatala ndipo, zachisoni, wodwala m'modzi watsimikiziridwa kuti wamwalira," adatero. Johnson paulendo wopita ku chipatala cha katemera ku West London Lolemba.
The nduna yayikulu adalimbikitsa anthu kuti asamatchule Omicron ngati "kachilombo kakang'ono ka COVID-19," poganizira "kuthamanga komwe kumachulukana ndi kuchuluka kwa anthu."
Uthenga wotengedwa kuchokera m'mawu a Johnson unali woti mlingo wowonjezera wa katemera wa COVID-19 ukhoza kuchepetsa chiopsezo chotenga matenda kapena, zikapanda kutero, zipangitsa kuti zizindikirozo zisakhale zowopsa.
Dzulo, Boris Johnson anali atachenjeza a Brits kuti pali "mafunde amphamvu a Omicron akubwera." Adakhazikitsanso tsiku lomaliza: kuti, kumapeto kwa Disembala, zolimbikitsa zizipezeka kwa onse omwe akufuna kupeza chitetezo chowonjezera ku coronavirus.
Milandu 3,137 ya Omicron yapezeka mu UK mpaka pano, malinga ndi deta yaposachedwa. Komabe, ambiri mwa odwalawa amathandizidwa kunyumba, ndipo 10 okha mwa iwo omwe ali m'chipatala pakadali pano England, UK Mlembi wa zaumoyo Sajid Javid adatero Lolemba.
Pakati pa kufalikira kwachangu kwa zovuta zatsopanozi, boma la Britain lidasankha Lamlungu kuti lisunthire chenjezo la COVID-19 kuchokera pa 3 mpaka 4, zomwe zikuwonetsa kuti "kufalikira kwachuluka, ndipo kukakamiza kwa COVID-19 pazachipatala kwafalikira. ndi zazikulu kapena kukwera.”
Mtundu wa Omicron wa COVID-19 udanenedwa koyamba ku South Africa pa Novembara 24, pomwe bungwe la World Health Organisation (WHO) lidadzutsa chidwi ndi kusintha kwakukulu kwamtunduwu, komwe kuli ndi kuthekera kopangitsa kuti ikhale yopatsirana kapena kupha. Nkhaniyi inachititsa anthu mantha, pamene mayiko a ku Ulaya anaika ziletso ku South Africa ndi mayiko ena angapo ku kontinentiyo.
Komabe, izi sizinalepheretse Omicron kuwonekera ku Ulaya, ndipo mlandu woyamba unapezeka ku Belgium pa November 27. Posakhalitsa, kachilombo kameneka kanadziwika m'mayiko ena ambiri a ku Ulaya, kuphatikizapo UK, komanso ku US, Russia. Japan, ndi mayiko ena padziko lonse lapansi.
Sizikudziwikabe ngati Omicron ndi yakupha kwambiri kuposa omwe adayambitsa, komanso momwe katemera omwe alipo atha kuthana ndi zovuta zatsopanozi.
