Kwamishinan Kula da Cutar da Kariya a Nijeriya (NCDC) ta fitar da sanarwa ta hana damu game da sabon variant na COVID-19 mai suna XEC, wanda aka ruwaito a Australia.
NCDC ta bayyana cewa ba a samu variant din a Nijeriya ba, amma ta himmatu masu kula da lafiya su karbi matsayin tsaro na bincike don tabbatar da hana yaduwar cutar.
NCDC ta nemi dukkanin asibitoci, na gwamnati da na masu zaman kansu, su karbi binciken COVID-19 ga marasa lafiya da aka shakka. Ta kuma nemi a tura dukkanin namunai na tabbataccen cutar zuwa labaratorin NCDC da sauran labaratorin da aka amince dasu don binciken DNA.
Variant din XEC, wanda shine zuriyar Omicron, an ruwaito a 43 kasashe a duniya, ciki har da Turai, Asiya, Arewacin Amurka, da kwanan nan a Botswana, Afirka. Duk da haka, variant din XEC bai samu a Nijeriya ba, ko da cewa variant din JN.1, wanda shine babban zuriyar Omicron, an ruwaito a Nijeriya tun daga Janairu 2024.
NCDC ta bayyana cewa variant din XEC yana da karfin yaduwa fiye da sauran variants, amma bai nuna alamun karfin guba ba.
Agencin ta kuma nemi jama’a su ci gaba da bin ka’idojin tsaro na lafiya, kamar su wanke hannu da sabulu, amfani da kwayoyi na kai, sannan su sanya allura idan suna da alamun cutar, da sauran hanyoyin tsaro.
