Ua ʻike nā kānaka ʻepekema Iapana mai ke Kulanui o Tokyo i kahi maʻi hou o ka coronavirus i loko o ka lepo o nā ʻōpeʻa noho ana. Wahi a ka poʻe noiʻi, ʻano like ke ʻano hou me ke ʻano o ke kumu Covid-19.
Ua ʻike kekahi hui ʻepekema i ka pathogen i loko o nā feces o nā ʻōpeʻapeʻa liʻiliʻi liʻiliʻi i ka nahele o Iapana i ʻehiku mau makahiki i hala. Ua ʻike ʻia kahi hoʻokolokolo hou e like me ka SARS-CoV-2 - ke ʻano o ka coronavirus e kumu ai i ka COVID-19.
ʻO ka genetic make-up o ka maʻi hou he 81.5 pākēneka e kūlike me SARS-CoV-2 a ʻōlelo ka poʻe loea ʻo ia ka manawa mua i loaʻa ai kahi pathogen like me ka mea nona ka maʻi maʻi i kēia manawa i loaʻa ma Iapana.
ʻO nā Coronaviruses e hoʻololi ana mai nā holoholona i ke kanaka ke kuleana no nā ʻano maʻi, me Covid-19, SARS, MERS, a me kekahi mau ʻano o ke anu maʻamau. Mahalo, ʻōlelo ka poʻe ʻepekema ʻaʻole e hoʻopilikia ka maʻi hou i ke kanaka, ʻoiai e pono ai ka hoʻokolokolo hou.
"Ke manaʻo ʻia nei he liʻiliʻi wale nō o nā coronaviruses e pōʻino, akā ʻaʻole hiki ke hōʻole ʻia aia kekahi mau ʻano e hoʻopilikia i nā kānaka ma Iapana," wahi a Associate Professor Shin Murakami. “E noiʻi mākou i nā holoholona hihiu a e noiʻi koke i ke kūlana maoli. Pono mākou e noʻonoʻo.
ʻAʻole kēia ka manawa mua i loaʻa kahi coronavirus e like me SARS-CoV-2. Ua loaʻa i ka poʻe ʻepekema ʻimi ʻimi maʻi ma Kina nā coronaviruses he 95 ka nui o ka hoʻohālikelike genetic me ka maʻi i make ma luna o 1.2 miliona mau make a puni ka honua, e like me nā helu helu.