I-WHO yamemezela ngokusemthethweni ukuthi lesi sifo siphelile ngomhlaka-2 kuJulayi , ngemuva kokuthi umuntu wokugcina oxhumana naye eqede ukuvalelwa yedwa futhi kwatholakala ukuthi akanayo. Azikho izigameko ezintsha ezibikiwe ngemuva komhlaka-25 kuMeyi , futhi ukulandelwa kwabantu abangaphezu kuka-650 emazweni angu-33 kusize ekunqandeni ukusabalala kwalesi sifo. Ngokusho kweziphathimandla zezempilo, lesi sifo, nakuba sibi kakhulu, asizange sibe yingozi enkulu kubantu abavamile.
Ukuqubuka kwe-hantavirus esikebheni i-MV Hondius
I-MV Hondius, ephethwe yinkampani yemikhumbi yaseDashi i-Oceanwide Expeditions, yaqala uhambo ngoMashi 20 isuka e-Ushuaia, e-Argentina, iya e-Antarctica. Phakathi nohambo, abagibeli abathathu bafa ngenxa ye-hantavirus , ababili ababesesikebheni kanye noyedwa ngemuva kokwehla esiqhingini saseSaint Helena. Uhlobo olutholiwe kwakuyigciwane le-Andes , elingadluliselwa phakathi kwabantu ngokuxhumana okuseduze nokwesikhathi eside, into engavamile kwamanye ama-hantavirus.
Iziphathimandla zezempilo ziqinisekisile ukuthi ukutholakala kokuqala kungenzeka kwenzeke e-Argentina, kungaba ngokuxhumana namagundane athelelekile noma ngesikhathi sohambo. Kusukela lapho, igciwane lasakazeka phakathi kwabagibeli nabasebenzi phakathi nohambo. Udokotela womkhumbi naye watheleleka , mhlawumbe ngesikhathi elapha abagulayo. Sekukonke, kwaqoshwa amacala ayi-13, amathathu kuwo abulala.
Umkhumbi ufike eCape Verde ekuqaleni kukaMeyi, lapho kwenziwa khona ukuhlolwa kokuqala kwe-PCR kubantu abathintene nabo abasengozini enkulu kanye nabagibeli abathathu abanezimpawu. Ukusuka lapho, umkhumbi wokuhamba ngomkhumbi waqhubeka ngaphandle kwabagibeli abanezimpawu kwaze kwaba seTenerife, lapho wamisa khona ngoMeyi 11. Ukwehla okulawulwayo echwebeni laseGranadilla de Abona kwavumela ukuthuthwa kwabantu abangu-125, okuhlanganisa nabagibeli kanye nabanye abasebenzi, ababuyiselwe emazweni abo.
Impendulo yamazwe ngamazwe kanye nendima yeSpain
Ukuphatha ukuqubuka kwalesi sifo kwakudinga ukubambisana okungakaze kubonwe phakathi kwe-WHO, i-European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), i-European Commission, kanye namazwe ahilelekile. ISpain yanconywa kakhulu yi-WHO “ngobumbano lwayo olumangalisayo” ekwenzeni kube lula ukwehla nokubuyiselwa kwabagibeli nabasebenzi eTenerife ngokuphephile. UMqondisi-Jikelele we-WHO uTedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus wabonga iSpain obala ngokubambisana kwayo.
Izakhamuzi zaseSpain ezingu-14 ezazihamba ngomkhumbi zidluliselwe eGómez Ulla Central Defense Hospital eMadrid, lapho zahlala khona zihlukaniswe. Ezimbili zazo zatholakala zinegciwane le-hantavirus , kodwa zombili zakhishwa ngemuva kokululama. UMnyango Wezempilo wasungula inqubo ethile yokuhlukaniswa izinsuku ezingu-42, ukuhlolwa kwe-PCR lapho zifika kanye nangosuku lwesikhombisa, kanye nokuqapha okusebenzayo ngokuhlolwa kokushisa kabili ngosuku.
IFrance ne-United States nazo ziqinisekisile amacala phakathi kwezakhamuzi zazo ezibuyiselwe ezweni lakubo. Umgibeli waseFrance waba nezimpawu ngesikhathi sendiza futhi watholakala enegciwane, kanti e-US, kwabikwa icala elilodwa elincane kanti elinye elinezimpawu ezincane. Bonke abasuswayo babekwe bodwa futhi bangaphansi kokubhekwa kwezifo. Sekukonke, abantu abangaphezu kuka-650 abathintekile batholwe futhi baqashwe emazweni nasezindaweni ezingu-33.
I-WHO igcizelele ukuthi ingozi kubantu bonke iphansi, njengoba igciwane lase-Andes lingadluliselwa kalula. Kodwa-ke, iziphathimandla zezempilo zigcizelele ukubaluleka kokuqapha okusebenzayo emasontweni alandela ukufika kwegciwane, njengoba isikhathi sokufukamela singahlala amasonto ayisithupha.
Isidumbu sowesifazane waseJalimane owafela ebhodini sashiswa eNetherlands, kulandela izinqubo zokuphepha. Iziphathimandla zaseDutch zixhumanise le nqubo neNational Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) kanye nesifunda sezokuphepha sendawo.
Ngemva kokuhlanza amagciwane, i-MV Hondius yathola imvume yezempilo ukuze iqale ukusebenza ngoMeyi 30. Inkampani yokuthumela izimpahla yamemezela uhambo olusha lwase-Arctic , kulokhu amalungu ehhovisi elikhulu ayesemkhunjini ukuze ahambisane nezivakashi. Umkhumbi wasuka eNetherlands waya eLongyearbyen, esiqhingini saseSvalbard (eNorway), lapho kwaqala khona isizini yawo entsha.
Ukuqubuka kwe-hantavirus e-MV Hondius kufundise isifundo ngokubaluleka kokulungela kanye nokuxhumana kwamazwe ngamazwe ezimweni eziphuthumayo zezempilo. Nakuba ukuqubuka kwaphela ngasekupheleni kukaMeyi kungekho ukutheleleka okusha, i-WHO iqalise ucwaningo namazwe angu-21 ukuze iqonde kangcono lesi sifo futhi ithuthukise ukuxilonga, ukwelashwa, kanye nemithi yokugoma. Le nkinga, eyahlanganisa amazwe amaningi futhi yahlola izinhlelo zokuxwayisa, ibonise ukuthi ukuqapha kanye nokubambisana kungamathuluzi abalulekile okulawula ukuqubuka okungalindelekile, ngisho noma ingozi kubantu bonke iphansi.
