Njengengxenye yomzamo waso oqhubekayo wokusiza ukumisa ukusabalala kwe-COVID-19, Isikhumulo Sezindiza Samazwe Ngamazwe saseMiami manje sesithola usizo kubangane abasha abanoboya: izinja zomtshina eziqeqeshwe ngokukhethekile ngezimiso ezidalwe yi-Global Forensic and Justice Center (GFJC) eFlorida International University. (FIU).
Ngenxa yesinqumo esixhaswe uKhomishana Wesifunda Sase-Miami-Dade u-Kionne L. McGhee futhi savunywa Ibhodi Lokhomishana Besifunda ngoMashi 2021, uMnyango Wezokundiza e-Miami-Dade ubambisene ne-GFJC e-FIU kanye ne-American Airlines ukusingatha i-COVID yezinsuku ezingama-30. - Uhlelo lomshayeli wezinja zomtshina ongu-19 e-MIA, okwenza kube isikhumulo sezindiza sokuqala sase-US ukuhlola izinja ezihogela i-COVID. Izinja zitshalwe endaweni yokuhlola abasebenzi.
“Lolu bhubhane lusishukumisele ukuthi senze izinto ezintsha ukuze sinqande ukubhebhetheka. Ngimshayela ihlombe uKhomishana uMcGhee kanye ne-County Commission ngokucabanga ngaphandle kwebhokisi ngalolu hlelo,” kusho I-Miami-Dade County IMeya uDaniella Levine Cava. “Siyaziqhenya ngokwenza konke esingakwenza ukuvikela abahlali bethu. Ngibheke ngabomvu ukubona ukuthi isikhumulo sezindiza sivivinya kanjani amakhono abo futhi sandise uhlelo lokushayela kwezinye izikhungo zesifunda. "
Izinja zokuhlola zinethuba lokutholwa ngokushesha kanye nokusabela kugciwane ezindaweni zomphakathi njengezikhumulo zezindiza. Ngemuva kwamakhulu ezikhathi zokuqeqesha e-FIU's Modesto Maidique Campus e-Miami kulo nyaka, izinja zomtshina zithole amazinga okunemba ukusuka kumaphesenti angama-96 kuye kwangama-99 ukuthola i-COVID-19 ezivivinyweni ezibuyekezwe ngontanga, ezingaboni kabili. Ngemva kokuphela kohlelo lokuhlola ngoSepthemba, i-FIU izoqhubeka nokusebenza ngokunemba nokucacisa, okuzosiza ekutholeni ukwehluka kwe-COVID, kwenja ilandela izindlela eziqinisekiswe ngokwesayensi.
"I-COVID-19 ilungise kabusha umhlaba nendlela yokuphila esiyijwayele," kusho uKhomishana Wesifunda saseMiami-Dade uKionne L. McGhee. “Kuphoqe amabhizinisi ethu ukuthi athuthuke endleleni enza ngayo ibhizinisi. Kuphoqe izinhlangano zethu zezenkolo nezikole ukuthi ziveze indlela ehlukile yokuthi amabandla nabafundi bafundiswa kanjani. Ngisho nemindeni yethu kuye kwadingeka ukuthi ilungise futhi isungule ngokwengeziwe endleleni ehlangana ngayo nokugubha izikhathi ezikhethekile. Ngakho-ke akumele sisale emuva endleleni yethu yokulwa nokusabalala kwaleli gciwane. Ngiyaziqhenya ngokuba ngabaxhasi bohlelo oluzoletha izinzuzo ezibalulekile ezisindisa impilo emiphakathini yethu.”
Izinja ezimbili ohlelweni lokuhlola ku Isikhumulo sezindiza saseMiami (MIA) - I-Cobra (i-Belgian Malinois) kanye ne-One Betta (i-Dutch Shepherd) - baqeqeshelwe ukuqaphela iphunga le-COVID-19. Igciwane lidala izinguquko ze-metabolic kumuntu eziholela ekukhiqizweni kwe-volatile organic compounds (VOCs). Ama-VOC akhishwa umoya nomjuluko womuntu, akhiqize iphunga elingezwa izinja eziqeqeshiwe. Izinguquko ze-metabolic zivamile kubo bonke abantu, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi iphunga labo linjani. Uma inja ikhombisa ukuthi umuntu uphethe iphunga legciwane, lowo muntu uqondiswa ukuthi ahlolelwe i-COVID ngokushesha.
"Ukwazi ukusebenzisa amashumi eminyaka ocwaningo ngale ndlela, ukunikeza ungqimba olwengeziwe lwesivikelo kubasebenzi basesikhumulweni sezindiza eMiami International Airport, kuyazithoba," kusho uDkt. Kenneth G. Furton, u-FIU Provost kanye noProfesa weChemistry and Biochemistry. "Lezi zinja zingelinye ithuluzi elibalulekile esingalisebenzisa ukuze lisisize siphile nalolu bhubhane oluqhubekayo."
Ucwaningo oluningi luye lwabonisa ukuthi izinja zomtshina zingelinye lamathuluzi athembeke kakhulu atholakalayo ukuhlonza izinto ngokusekelwe kuphunga ezilikhiphayo. Ucwaningo lwangaphambilini lubandakanya ukukhombisa ukuthi izinja zomtshina ziyakwazi ukubona ngokuthembekile abantu abanezifo, njengesifo sikashukela, isithuthwane, nomdlavuza othile. Izinja zomtshina kudala zisetshenziswa izinhlangano zikahulumeni nezendawo e-MIA ukuthola imali enqatshelwe, izidakamizwa, iziqhumane, kanye nezolimo.
"Uhlelo lomshayeli wezinja ze-COVID-19 luwumzamo wakamuva we-MIA wokusebenza njengombhede wokuhlola izinto ezintsha zokuphepha nokuvikeleka," kusho uMqondisi Wesikhashana we-MIA uRalph Cutié. "Siyaziqhenya ngokwenza ingxenye yethu ekulweni ne-COVID-19, futhi sithemba ukubona lolu hlelo lokuhlola lungazuzisa yonke i-Miami-Dade County nezikhumulo zezindiza ezweni lonke."
