Covid XEC variant Europe aur US mein phelne ka Uth Raha Dar

Variant ka word pehle mathematics ke liye use hota tha, lekin 2020 ke baad yeh COVID-19 se jud gaya jab virus baar-baar mutate karta raha. Tab se, kai variants aaye aur chale gaye, lekin inhone duniya bhar mein hazaron logon ko infect kiya.

Ab, kuch saal baad ek naya variant saamne aaya hai — XEC — jo Europe aur United States mein agle kuch mahino mein COVID cases ke surge ka dar paida kar raha hai.

Covid XEC Variant Kya Hai?

COVID ka XEC variant Omicron ka ek sub-lineage hai. Medical experts isse KS.1.1 aur KP.3.3 variants ka hybrid bata rahe hain. Forbes ke hisaab se, yeh in dono variants ka ‘love child’ hai. KS.1.1 ek FLiRT variant hai jo poori duniya mein COVID cases ke surge ka kaaran bana, jabki KP.3.3 ek FLuQE variant hai jisme ek amino acid mutation hua, jisse yeh zyada efficiently human cells se bind karta hai.

XEC Variant Kaha Detect Hua?

XEC variant pehli baar June mein Berlin, Germany mein detect hua tha. Tab se yeh UK, US, Denmark aur kai doosre countries mein bhi detect ho chuka hai. Reports ke hisaab se August mein Slovenia ke 10% COVID cases is variant se aaye the. Ab tak, 27 desho ke 500 se zyada samples mein XEC variant mila hai, jisme Poland, Norway, Luxembourg, Ukraine, Portugal, aur China bhi shamil hain. Scripps Research ke Outbreak.info page ke according, September 3 tak, XEC 15 desho aur 12 US states mein detect ho chuka hai.

Scripps Research Translational Institute ke Director Eric Topol ne X par likha, “Is waqt XEC variant sabse zyada chances rakhta hai agla dominant banne ka.” Unhone yeh bhi kaha ki isse ek ya do mahine lag sakte hain pehle ki yeh poori tarah se hold kare aur ek wave cause kare.

COVID data analyst Mike Honey ne bhi yeh paaya hai ki XEC tezi se naya dominant variant ban raha hai, aur Denmark, Germany, UK, aur Netherlands mein iska strong growth dekhne ko mila hai.

Kya XEC Tezi Se Phel Raha Hai?

Halaanki XEC abhi dominant variant nahi hai, experts ka maanna hai ki ismein dominant banne ke sare lakshan hain. Data ke hisaab se yeh baaki variants ke comparison mein zyada tezi se phel raha hai, lekin ab tak iska reason clear nahi hai. Kuch experts yeh maante hain ki hybrid hone ke kaaran yeh tezi se phel raha hai.

KP.3.1.1 variant jo pehle 80 desho mein COVID surge ka kaaran bana tha, usi ke hybrid XEC mein fast spreading ability ho sakti hai. Mark Cameron, PhD, Case Western Reserve University ke professor, ne kaha ki jaise JN.1 last year ke BA.2.86 se nikal kar new infections laaya tha, waise hi XEC bhi aage badh sakta hai.

Professor Francois Balloux, Genetics Institute, University College London ke Director, ne BBC ko bataya ki XEC zyada contagious hai, aur yeh iss winter dominant variant ban sakta hai.

XEC Variant ke Symptoms Kya Hain?

XEC variant se infect hone wale log Omicron jaise symptoms show karte hain. US ke Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) ke hisaab se symptoms mein fever, cough, shortness of breath, sore throat, fatigue, headache, aur loss of taste ya smell include hain. Iske alawa nausea, vomiting aur diarrhea jese digestive issues bhi ho sakte hain.

UK ke NHS ne bhi same symptoms list kiye hain.

Kaise Bacha Jaye?

Experts ke hisaab se, XEC variant se bachne ka best tarika hai vaccination. Nai vaccines jo abhi launch hui hain, wo KP.2 ke against effective hain, jo KP.3.1.1 ka predecessor tha. Isliye experts ka maanna hai ki yeh vaccines XEC ke against bhi effective rahengi.

Dr. Elizabeth Hudson, Kaiser Permanente Southern California ke regional chief, ne bataya ki nai vaccines XEC ko kuch had tak protect karengi, kyunki yeh sab variants Omicron ke “grandchildren” hain, to kuch overlap protection rahega. CDC ne bhi logon ko acchi hygiene practices follow karne ki salah di hai.

XEC variant ke tezi se phelne ke karan agle kuch mahino mein COVID landscape badalne ki sambhavana hai. Vaccination aur hygiene ab bhi important hain.