Abaphandi baseFransi bathi uhlobo olutsha lwe-COVID olufunyenwe ebantwini eFransi luqulathe iinguqulelo ezingama-46- nangaphezulu kune-Omicron-ezenza ukuba zixhathise ngakumbi kugonyo kunye nolosulelo. Zimalunga ne-12 iimeko ezibonwe ukuza kuthi ga ngoku kufutshane neMarseille, kunye nezokuqala zidityaniswa nokuya kwilizwe lase-Afrika iCameroon.
Uvavanyo lubonisa ukuba ubunzima buthwala uguquko lwe-N501Y - olubonwe okokuqala kwi-Alpha eyahlukileyo - iingcali zikholelwa ukuba zinokwenza ukuba zigqithiseke ngakumbi.
Ngokutsho kwezazinzulu, ikwaphethe utshintsho lwe-E484K, olunokuthetha ukuba ukwahluka kwe-IHU kuya kuxhathisa ngakumbi kwizitofu zokugonya.
Kusafuneka ibonwe kwamanye amazwe okanye ibhalwe into eyahlukileyo phantsi kophando nguMbutho wezeMpilo weHlabathi.
Okwangoku, i-Omicron yeyona ndlela ibalaseleyo ye-coronavirus eFransi, ejoyina amanye amazwe aseYurophu njenge-United Kingdom kunye nePortugal ngamanani amatyala akhulayo kwezi ntsuku zimbalwa zidlulileyo.
I-arhente yezempilo yoluntu yaseFransi isandula ukutsho ukuba "ipesenti ezingama-62.4 zovavanyo zibonise iprofayile ehambelana nokwahluka kwe-Omicron."
Ukwahluka kwe-Omicron ye-coronavirus ibeke iimeko eziqinisekisiweyo mihla le ukuya ngaphezulu kwe-160,000 ngosuku kwiveki ephelileyo, kunye nencopho engaphezulu kwe-200,000.
“Umsinga wolwandle ufikile ngokwenene, mkhulu kakhulu, kodwa asizukunikezela ngokothuka,” ucatshulwe uMphathiswa wezeMpilo u-Olivier Veran exelela iPalamente.
Kwiinzame zokulwa nolu hlaselo, amaLungu ePalamente aseFransi acebise umthetho oza kufuna ukuba abantu abaninzi bagonyelwe i-COVID-19 ukuba bangene kwiindawo zikawonke-wonke ezinjengeebhari, iindawo zokutyela, kunye nezithuthi zikawonke-wonke ezimgama omde.