I-US Amasevisi Okulawula Nokuvimbela Izifo (CDC) kubikwa ukuthi isilungele ukukhipha isibuyekezo sezinkombandlela zayo zokusebenzisa imaski ngendlela efanele phakathi nobhubhane lomhlaba wonke lwe-COVID-19.
Abantu baseMelika bazonxuswa ukuthi bagqoke imaski yokuhlunga engcono (futhi ebiza kakhulu) i-N95 ne-KN95 ukuze kunqandwe ukusabalala kwe-coronavirus.
Uma abantu “bekwazi ukubekezelela ukugqoka imaskhi ye-KN95 noma engu-N95 usuku lonke,” kufanele bakwenze lokho, kusho i-CDC.
- Yini imaski ye-N95 ne-KN95?
Amamaski e-N95 kanye ne-KN95 mahle kakhulu ekuhlungeni izinhlayiya kodwa kuselula ukuwagqoka. Zidizayinelwe izilungiselelo ezichwepheshile njengokunakekelwa kwezempilo noma imisebenzi yokwakha. Amamaski enza uphawu olusebenzayo olunobuso bomuntu futhi kuthiwa ahlunga okungenani u-95% wezinhlayiya ezincane.
Umehluko kuphela phakathi komamaski i-N95 ne-KN95 uvela kumazinga ahlukahlukene abekwe yiziphathimandla zase-US nezaseShayina. I-China idinga ukuhlolwa kobuso bemaski be-KN95, ngokungafani ne-US, lapho izinhlangano ezinjengezibhedlela zinemithetho yazo kule ndawo. Izinga laseMelika liphinde lidinga imaski engu-N95 ukuthi “iphefumule” kancane kunamaski we-KN95.
2. Yiziphi CDC izincomo kumamaski manje?
Inguqulo yamanje yezinkombandlela ze-CDC, igcine ukubuyekezwa ngo-Okthoba, incoma ukuthi kusetshenziswe imaski yendwangu enethezekile enezendlalelo ezimbili zendwangu kubantu abaningi kuzilungiselelo eziningi. Kudingeka ngokukhethekile ukuthi umphakathi jikelele ungawagqoki ama-N95 respirators abhalwe ukuthi “okuhlinzwa” – okusho ukuthi aklanyelwe ukuvikela owagqokile kanye nabantu abaseduze nawo.
Isizathu siwukuthi izibhedlela zase-US azivunyelwe nhlobo ukusebenzisa ukuvikelwa kwe-KN95, futhi i-CDC ifuna ukuthi abasebenzi bezokunakekelwa kwempilo bakwazi ukufinyelela kuqala esitokweni esilinganiselwe. Abagxeki bathi isincomo, esisuka ezikhathini lapho izinto zokuvikela umuntu (i-PPE) zazishoda emhlabeni jikelele, asisasebenzi isikhathi eside.
3. Ingabe ushintsho mayelana ne-Omicron?
Ngamafuphi, yebo, kodwa akuyona yonke indaba leyo. Okuhlukile kwe-Omicron kufakazele ukuthi kuthathelana kakhulu futhi kukwazi ukushaya amasosha omzimba okugonywa kunezinhlobo zangaphambilini zegciwane le-SARS-CoV-2. Kodwa amanye amazwe ku Europe njengoba iJalimane yagunyaza imaski ye-FFP2 - okuyiyona EU okujwayelekile okuhlinzeka ngokuvikelwa kwezinga le-N95 - ekuqaleni kukaJanuwari 2021. Lokho kwakungemva kokuba izinkinga zokutholakala kwe-PPE yomhlaba wonke sezixazululiwe futhi kudala ngaphambi kokuba i-Omicron ivele.
4. Kubukeka sengathi abantu baseMelika babhekene nezindleko ezengeziwe
Hhayi-ke, amanani e-US akhuphuke kulandela imibiko yabezindaba mayelana nokuzayo CDC isibuyekezo sokuqondisa. Isibonelo, iphakethe lamamaski abangama-40 be-KN95 bomkhiqizo we-Hotodeal leqe laya ku-$79.99 Amazon, ikhuphuke isuka ku-$16.99 ngasekupheleni kukaNovemba, ngokuya ngedatha yakamuva.
