Namuhla kuphawulwe ukwethulwa kwe-WestJet-YVR COVID-19 Testing Study, umzamo wokubambisana phakathi kwabaphenyi abavela ku-UBC neProvidence Health Care nabaxhasi bephrojekthi I-WestJet futhi I-Vancouver Airport Authority (YVR). Lolu cwaningo — olokuqala ngqa lolu hlobo eCanada — luphenya indlela yokuhlolwa kwe-COVID-19 ngokushesha ukusiza ukwazisa indlela ephephe kakhulu nephumelela kunazo zonke yokuhlola abagibeli abahambayo esikhumulweni sezindiza iVancouver International Airport (YVR).
Ucwaningo lutholakala endaweni yokungena yasekhaya yaseWestJet futhi ifaka izinyathelo ezintathu ezilula: ukubhaliswa nemvume enolwazi, ukuhlolwa nemiphumela. Ucwaningo luvulekele izivakashi zeWestJet eziyizakhamuzi zaseBritish Columbia, ezineminyaka ephakathi kuka-19 no-80, futhi ezingakatholakali ukuthi zine-COVID-19 kulezi zinsuku ezingama-90 ezedlule. Izivakashi kufanele zindize ngaphakathi, futhi ukuhlolwa kutholakala ngosuku lokuhamba kuphela.
Abaphenyi abavela ku-UBC naseProvidence babhekene nokuqoqa amasampula esiteshini sokuhlola esenziwe ngomumo. Umphumela wokuhlolwa okusheshayo osheshayo awutholi ukuxilongwa kwezokwelapha kwe-COVID-19 futhi ababambiqhaza abahlolwa ukuthi banayo bazodingeka ukuthi bahlolwe i-Health Canada ngokusebenzisa i-RT-PCR test diagnostic test. Kulezi zivakashi, iWestJet izobhukha kabusha noma ikhansele izindiza mahhala. Ababambiqhaza abahlola ukuthi bane-negative bazoqhubeka nohambo lwabo lokuhamba futhi kusadingeka ukuthi balandele zonke izidingo ezikhona ze-COVID-19.
Ngaphambi kokuqaliswa bukhoma e-YVR, abacwaningi benze ukuhlolwa kwelabhorethri nokuqinisekiswa kokuhlolwa okuningana kwama-antigen okusebenzisa i-nasopharyngeal (nose) swabs kanye ne-rinses yomlomo ukuthunyelwa ocwaningweni. Ukuhlolwa kwe-antigen okusheshayo kunganikeza imiphumela kungakapheli imizuzu eyi-15 kuye kwengama-20, kubenze kube yindlela efanelekile yokufunda esifundeni sezindiza bukhoma.
Lapho sekuqediwe ukutadisha, abacwaningi bazohambisa imiphumela ezoshicilelwa kumagazini obuyekezwa ontanga. Imiphumela izobe seyabiwa nezikhulu zezempilo zomphakathi ngemizamo yokufaka isandla ohlakeni lokuhlola oluzayo lomkhakha wezindiza.
Ucwaningo luzosebenza ngoMsombuluko kuya kuLwesihlanu ngezikhathi zasekuseni eziphakeme.
Izilinganiso:
“Sizibophezele ekwenzeni ingxenye yethu ukunciphisa ukusabalala kwe-COVID-19, sibe sigxilisa ukuzethemba kulabo abadinga ukuhamba. Ngokubambisana neWestJet, i-UBC neProvidence, siqale lolu cwaningo olusha ukuze sihambisane nezinye izinhlelo zokuhlola esizibonayo ezweni lonke. ” - UTamara Vrooman, uMongameli kanye ne-CEO, Vancouver Airport Authority.
“IWestJet ayishiyi lutho ekuqinisekiseni ukuphepha kokuhamba emoyeni ngezinhlelo ezifana neWestJet-YVR COVID-19 Testing Study. Siyaziqhenya ngokusebenzisana nabalingani bethu eVancouver Airport Authority ukuxhasa lolu cwaningo olubalulekile olwenziwa yi-UBC neProvidence Health Care. Ngezinyathelo ezintathu nje ezilula, sikhuthaza abavakashi abafanelekile ukuthi bacabangele ukubamba iqhaza ngenkathi befaka isandla ekutholeni okungaba nomthelela kwezokuvakasha nakwezempilo yomphakathi ngokuzayo. - UBilly Nolen, i-Vice-President Security, Security and Quality, WestJet
“Ngenkathi umhlaba ulindele ukuthunyelwa kwemithi yokugoma ephephile futhi esebenzayo ye-COVID-19, kunesidingo esiphuthumayo samasu okunciphisa ukusabalala kwe-coronavirus yenoveli. Ucwaningo lwethu luzokwazisa ukuthi ngabe uhlelo olusheshayo lokuhlola luyindlela esebenzayo nephumelelayo yokunciphisa ukusabalala kwe-COVID-19 kubahambi. ” - UDkt. Marc Romney, Umphenyi Oyinhloko; UClinical Associate Professor, UBC Faculty of Medicine; Umholi Wezokwelapha we-Medical Microbiology kanye neVirology esibhedlela iSt. Paul, iProvidence Health Care.
“Siyazi ukuthi abathwali abane-asymptomatic bakhona kodwa esingakwazi ukuthi kuvame kangakanani nokuthi banegalelo elingakanani ekusabalaliseni i-COVID-19. Lolu cwaningo ngeke lusize ekusekeleni ukuphepha kwezindiza kuphela, kodwa luzosiza nabaholi bezempilo bomphakathi ukuthi baqonde kangcono ukuthi yiliphi izinga abantu abane-asymptomatic abanikela ekusabalaleni kwe-COVID-19. ” - UDkt Don Sin, Umphenyi Oyinhloko; UProfesa, i-UBC Faculty of Medicine; Udokotela Wokuphefumula, Ukunakekelwa Kwezempilo eProvidence.
