Ishami ry’umuryango w’abibumbye ryita ku buzima ‘World Health Organization (WHO)’ ryatangaje ko ubwoko bushya bwa Covid-19 bwitwa ‘omicron’ bwagaragaye bwa mbere muri Afurika yepfo bukwiye kwitonderwa.
Mu itangazo ryashyizwe hanze na WHO, yatangaje ko byagaragaye ko ubu bwoko bwa Covid-19 bwongera ibyago byo kongera kwandura Covid-19 ku bari basanzwe barayirwayeho. WHO ivuga ko kandi omicron ari ubwoko bwa Covid-19 bukwirakwira vuba cyane gusumba ubundi bwose bwabubanjirije.
WHO ivuga ko muri Afurika yepfo imibare y’abandura ubu bwoko bushya bwa Covid-19 buri kuzamuka cyane mu ntara zose zo muri iki gihugu, ndetse nyuma y’iminsi mike gusa ubu bwoko butangiye kugaragara, guverinoma z’ubudage, Hong Kong na Isiraheli zatangaje ko hagaragaye abakerarugendo bagarutse mu gihugu baranduye ubu bwoko bushya.
Uko imibare y’abandura niko ibihugu birandukanye birimo na Leta zunze ubumwe za Amerika byakajije cyane ubugenderanire hagati y’ibihugu.
Aganira na ‘NBC News’, Dr. Michael Osterholm, umwarimu wo muri kaminuza ya Minnesota yaburiye abantu avuga ko iyi virusi yamaze gusohoka ndetse avuga ko kugerageza kuyitangira ni nko “kugerageza gutangira umuyaga“
Kugeza ubu ibigo bikora inkingo za Covid-19 biri gukora amasuzuma kugira harebwe uburyo inkingo za Covid-19 zishobora guhangana n’ubwoko bwa omicron. Ikigo cya ‘Johnson & Johnson’ gikora inkingo za Covid-19 cyatangaje ko kiri gukorera ubu bwoko amasuzuma hagitegerejwe ibisubizo.
Ikigo gikora inkingo za Covid-19 ‘Moderna’ cyatangaje ko ubu bwoko bushya bufite imiterere yaturutse ku bundi bwabubanjirije bwa ‘Delta‘, bivugwa ko bwaba bwongera nanone imiterere yaturutse ku bwoko bwa ‘beta’, ibi byose kwivanga bituma iyi Covid-19 iba mbi cyane gusumbya ubundi bwoko bwose bwabanje, ndetse igakwirakwira vuba cyane.