Inhlupho: Ukusabalala EMadagascar - naseSeychelles?

Izikhulu zezempilo eSeychelles zikuqinisekisile ukuthi umuntu ongu-1 utholakale enesifo i-Pneumonic, kanti kumanje uhlala yedwa futhi welashwa ngama-antibiotic.

Umqeqeshi webhasikidi waseSeychellois ubulawe yilesi sifo ngasekupheleni kwenyanga edlule esibhedlela e-Antananarivo, inhlokodolobha yaseMadagascar, ngokusho kweToday eSeychelles, lapho kushone khona abantu abangu-42 ngenxa ye- “Black Death”.

Umqeqeshi, u-Alix Allisop, ubesiza umpetha obusayo wabesilisa baseSeychelles weBea Vallon Heat eMadagascar ngesikhathi se-Indian Ocean Club Championship. Uhulumeni waseMadagascar ngempelasonto ukuqinisekisile ukuthi ukushona kuka-Allisop kungenxa yesifo semiphunga. Amanye amalungu ethimba lebhola lomnqakiswano laseSeychellois, abebesondelene kakhulu no-Allisop, ayabhekwa selokhu abuyela ezweni, kusho uGedeon. Manje basesikhungweni sezempi ePerseverance, isiqhingi esibuyiselwe emaphethelweni aseVictoria.

Ngokwe-World Health Organisation (WHO) isifo samaphaphu, noma isifo esisekele emaphashini, yiyona ndlela enobungozi kakhulu futhi ingadala ubhadane olunzima ngokuxhumana nomuntu nomuntu ngamaconsi asemoyeni, kanye nokulunywa ngamazeze ezilwaneni ezincelisayo ezinegciwane. Isikhathi sokufukamela singaba sifushane njengamahora angama-24.

Ngokubika kweSeychelles News Agency, uMnyango Wezempilo waseSeychelles ngoLwesithathu weluleke zonke izindiza kanye nabasebenzeli bezokuvakasha ukuba badikibalise abantu ukuba baye eMadagascar ngenxa yokuqubuka kwalesi sifo. Izinyathelo ezingeziwe zezempilo esikhumulweni sezindiza esikhulu saseSeychelles nazo sezenziwe.

UJude Gedeon, ukhomishani wezempilo yomphakathi waseSeychelles, uthe izikhulu zibeke ama-scanner okuhamba nokushisa esikhumulweni sezindiza samazwe ngamazwe ukuthola amacala. Kunikezwa nefomu labagibeli abehlayo ukuthi basho ukuthi banezimpawu ezifanayo nalezo ezilethwa yilesi sifo.

Ngaphezu kwalokho, izikole ezimbili zikuqinisekisile ukuthi ziyavalwa isonto lonke, ngenxa yokushoda kwabafundisi kulezi zikhungo, njengoba benikezwe izinsuku eziyisi-6 zekhefu futhi bebekwe ukubhekwa bengenzi lutho emakhaya ngenxa yokusolwa ngokuxhumana ngqo icala eliqinisekisiwe. Yize bengenazo izimpawu, wonke umuntu obhekiwe naye unikezwa imishanguzo yokuqapha.

EMadagascar, imihlangano yomphakathi manje isivinjelwe enhlokodolobha, lapho okungenani bangu-114 abantu abathelelekile selokhu kwaqhamuka lesi sifo ngasekupheleni kuka-Agasti.

Inhlupho evame ukucatshangwa njengento esuka emlandweni wangenkathi ephakathi, kepha isadlondlobala eMadagascar, lapho lesi sifo siyinkinga yonyaka. Izwe libhekene nokuqubuka okungaba yisifo esibi kunazo zonke eminyakeni edlule nabantu ababalelwa ku-200 okusolwa ukuthi bagule yilesi sifo kusukela ngo-Agasti, ngokusho koMnyango wezeMpilo eMadagascar.

Iningi lamacala akulo nyaka yisifo somoya, esingadluliselwa ngokukhwehlela, futhi esingabulala umuntu onegciwane kungakapheli nosuku. Ukwehlisa lesi sifo, iMadagascar ivala okwesikhashana izikhungo zayo zomphakathi. Iziphathimandla zikahulumeni zayalela ukuthi kuvalwe amanyuvesi amabili, kanti ezinye izikole sezivala iminyango yazo ezweni lonke, kubalwa nenhlokodolobha i-Antananarivo, ukuze izakhiwo zifuthwe ngemithi yokubulala izinambuzane.

Isifo se-bubonic ngokuvamile siyelapheka ngama-antibiotic, kanti i-World Health Organization ithumele imithamo engaphezu kwesigidi yama-antibiotic ezweni. Kodwa-ke, uma iyekwa ingelashwa, amabhaktheriya angasakazeka emgudwini wegazi uye emaphashini futhi kudale isifo se-pneumonic, esinezimpawu ezifana nomkhuhlane ovamile.

Ngaphandle kwama-antibiotic, amabhaktheriya angasakazeka kwezinye izingxenye zomzimba, abe yinyumoniya, lapho labo abangenwe yilesi sifo bayoba nokuphefumula okuncane, ubuhlungu besifuba, futhi kwesinye isikhathi kube namafinyila anegazi noma amanzi. Uma singelashwa, lesi sifo singaqhubeka ngokushesha size sife.

Lesi sifo sitholakala kakhulu emazweni aseningizimu yeSahara e-Afrika naseMadagascar - okuyizindawo ezibanga ngaphezu kwamaphesenti angama-95 amacala abikiwe, ngokwe-CDC. IMadagascar ivame ukubona izinombolo eziphakeme kakhulu zezifo zesifo se-bubonic emhlabeni wonke, ezinezifo ezingaba ngu-600 minyaka yonke.