Abantu abathathu bashonile ngenxa yokuqubuka kwe-hantavirus emkhunjini wokuhamba ngesikebhe oya eziQhingini zaseCanary

  • Umkhumbi wohambo, i-MV Hondius, ubika ukuqubuka kwegciwane i-hantavirus okwabulala abantu abathathu ngesikhathi uwela i-Atlantic.
  • Okungenani abantu abayisithupha bathintekile: abathathu bashonile kanti oyedwa usesesibhedlela esibucayi eNingizimu Afrika.
  • Lo mkhumbi, onezindawo zokugcina oya kuzo eziQhingini zaseCanary kanye nabantu ababalelwa ku-150, ucabanga ukwehla eGran Canaria noma eTenerife ngemuva kokunqatshwa yiCape Verde.
  • I-WHO kanye neziphathimandla eziningana zaseYurophu bahlela ukususwa kwabantu ngenxa yezokwelapha, ukuhlaziywa kwegciwane, kanye nokuhlolwa kwezingozi zempilo yomphakathi.

umkhumbi wokuhamba ngomkhumbi othinteke yi-hantavirus

La Abantu abathathu bashonile emkhunjini ngenxa yokuqubuka kwe-hantavirus Lo mkhumbi, umkhumbi wohambo oluhamba ngesivinini esiphezulu oqhutshwa yinkampani yaseDashi i-Oceanwide Expeditions, usuke e-Argentina ngohambo oluhlanganisa i-Antarctica, iziQhingi zaseFalkland, kanye nokuma okuningana eSouth Atlantic. Lo mkhumbi, owawuhamba ngesikebhe ngaphesheya kwe-Atlantic, uvuse izexwayiso zezempilo zomhlaba wonke futhi wagxila endaweni yokugcina oya kuyo: iziQhingi zaseCanary.

Ngokusho kolwazi oluhlanganyelwe yi- I-World Health Organization (WHO) Ngokusho kweziphathimandla zezempilo emazweni amaningana, okungenani abantu abayisithupha bagule ebhodini, abathathu bashonile, kanti oyedwa usagcinwe esibhedlela egunjini labagula kakhulu eNingizimu Afrika. Lo mkhumbi, obizwa ngokuthi i-MV Hondius futhi ophethe ifulegi laseDutch, usemanzini eduze kwaseCape Verde njengoba kusahlonzwa ichweba lawo elilandelayo eliphephile.

Ukuqubuka okubulalayo phakathi ne-Atlantic

Idatha yokuqala ikhomba ku- ukuqubuka okusolwayo kokutheleleka kwe-hantavirus Ngaphakathi kwe-MV Hondius, umkhumbi wokuhamba ngomkhumbi osezingeni eliphezulu ogxile emigwaqweni yasezindaweni ezibandayo. Iziphathimandla zaseNingizimu Afrika zithi umkhumbi usuke echwebeni lase-Argentina i-Ushuaia cishe ngoMashi 20, nohlelo lohambo oluhleliwe oluhlanganisa i-Antarctica, iziQhingi zaseFalkland nezinye izindawo ezikude zase-Atlantic, kanye nendawo yokugcina eya eCanary Islands.

Ngesikhathi sohambo, okungenani Abantu abayisithupha baba nezimpawu ezinzima ezihambisanayo enokutheleleka kwe-hantavirus. I-WHO iqinisekisile icala elilodwa elihle ngokuhlolwa kwelebhu futhi ibheka abanye abahlanu abasolwayo. Kulelo qembu, abantu abathathu bashonile kanti oyedwa udluliselwe eNingizimu Afrika, lapho besagcinwe khona egunjini lokunakekelwa okujulile ngenxa yokucindezeleka okukhulu kokuphefumula.

UMnyango Wezempilo waseSpain, oqaphe isimo ngokuseduze, ukufika okungenzeka komkhumbi emachwebeni aseCanary IslandUveze ukuthi kunabantu ababalelwa ku-150 ebhodini. Phakathi kwabo kukhona izakhamuzi zaseSpain ezingaba ngu-14, kanye nabagibeli nabasebenzi abavela eMelika, eBrithani, ePhilippines, eDutch naseJalimane, phakathi kwabanye.

I-Oceanwide Expeditions ibike ukuthi, ngaphezu kwabashonile kanye nomgibeli bathuthelwe eNingizimu Afrika, Amalungu amabili eqembu abonisa izimpawu zokuphefumula ezibukhaliOmunye wabo usesimeni esibucayi. Laba basebenzi, abangabobuzwe baseBrithani nabaseDashi, badinga usizo oluphuthumayo lwezokwelapha futhi bayindawo ebalulekile emizamweni yokubuyisela abantu ezweni labo ngokwezokwelapha.

Izisulu zaseYurophu kanye nokuthuthwa kwabantu eziphuthumayo

Abashonile, ikakhulukazi, izivakashi zaseYurophu ezindalaIsisulu sokuqala esiqinisekisiwe kwakuyindoda eneminyaka engaba ngu-70 eyashona ebhodini. Isidumbu sayo salethwa ogwini esiqhingini saseSaint Helena, indawo yaseBrithani eSouth Atlantic, lapho umkhumbi uma kuleyo ndawo ekude.

Umkalo mgibeli, naye osekhulile, waquleka ngokushesha ngemva kwalokho esikhumulweni sezindiza eNingizimu Afrika, ngesikhathi ezama ukubuyela ezweni lakubo. Uphuthunyiswe esibhedlela saseNingizimu Afrikalapho ashonela khona ekugcineni. Iziphathimandla zikhombisile ukuthi lo mbhangqwana ungowaseYurophu nokuthi okungenani oyedwa wabo wayenobuzwe baseDashi.

Umuntu wesithathu oshonile ngumgibeli waseJalimane, isidumbu sakhe, ngokusho komqhubi wezokuvakasha, Usalokhu egibele i-MV Hondius belinde imiyalelo evela kuziphathimandla. Khonamanjalo, omunye umuntu othintekile, isakhamuzi saseBrithani, uthuthelwe eGoli ngemuva kokugula eduze ne-Ascension Island futhi usesegumbini lokunakekelwa okujulile.

Iziphathimandla zaseDashi ziqinisekisile ukuthi ziyasebenza imisebenzi yokubuyisela abantu ezweni labo ngokwezokwelapha Kwabanye abagibeli abagulayo abasasesikebheni, lokhu kuhlanganiswa neCape Verde namanye amazwe ahilelekile. I-Oceanwide Expeditions ichaze ukuthi ukubuyiselwa ekhaya kanye nanoma yikuphi ukwehla ekugcineni kuncike ekugunyazweni okuvela kuziphathimandla zezempilo zasendaweni kanye nezinsizakusebenza ezitholakala esifundeni.

Ukwenqatshwa eCape Verde kanye nenketho yokwehla eziQhingini zaseCanary

Ezinsukwini zakamuva, umkhumbi wokuhamba ngesikebhe ubekwe ogwini lwaseCape Verde, lapho uthole khona usizo kanye nokuvakashelwa amaqembu ezempilokodwa ngaphandle kokuthola imvume yokwehlisa abagibeli noma abasebenzi. Uhulumeni waseCape Verde unqume ukwenqaba ukungena komkhumbi emachwebeni awo njengesinyathelo sokuvikela ukuphepha komphakathi kazwelonke.

Izikhulu zezempilo eCape Verde ziveze ukuthi bonke abagibeli, okuhlanganisa nabasebenzi ababalelwa ku-70 noma 80, Basalokhu beqashwe ngokwezokwelapha. Futhi, okwamanje, akukho bungozi kubantu abasemhlabathini. Imisebenzi eminingana yezempilo iye yenziwa e-MV Hondius ukuhlola abantu abanezimpawu nokubukeza izimo zokuphepha kwezinto eziphilayo.

Njengoba inketho yeCape Verde ivaliwe, i-Oceanwide Expeditions isiqalile ukucabangela amathuba okuba yehla eGran Canaria noma eTenerife njengezindawo ezihlukile, uma nje iziphathimandla zaseSpain zigunyaza lokho. Le nkampani isho esitatimendeni sabezindaba ukuthi ilungiselela izimo zokwehla okungenzeka, ukuphuma kwabantu ngenxa yezokwelapha, kanye nokuhlolwa okwengeziwe kwezokwelapha emachwebeni aseCanary Island.

UMnyango Wezempilo waseSpain kanye neziphathimandla zaseCanary Islands Baqaphelisisa isimo.Nakuba umkhumbi okwamanje usemanzini aseduze neNtshonalanga Afrika, izinsizakalo zezempilo zaseSpain zifunda izindlela zokwamukela, ukuvalelwa, kanye nokuqapha okusebenzayo uma umkhumbi wokuhamba ngesikebhe ucela ukumisa endaweni.

Impendulo ehlelekile evela ku-WHO naseYurophu

I-WHO iqinisekisile ukuthi ihlinzeka ukwesekwa kobuchwepheshe kanye nokuxhumanisa Lesi sigameko sibhekwa njengesenzakalo esibalulekile sezempilo yomphakathi. Le nhlangano yaziswe ngokusemthethweni ngemithethonqubo yayo yezempilo yamazwe ngamazwe ye-National Focal Points futhi ilungiselela ukukhipha isaziso sokuqubuka kwesifo esihlobene naleli cala.

Ngokusho kwenhlangano, ziyaqhutshwa uphenyo olunzuluLokhu kufaka phakathi ukuhlolwa okwengeziwe kwelebhu, izifundo ze-epidemiological ukuthola umsuka wokutheleleka, kanye nokulandelana kwegciwane elitholakele. Ukuhlaziywa kokuqala kugxile ekucaciseni ukuthi ukuqubuka kwenzeke yini kwenye yezindawo zokumiswa komkhumbi eNingizimu Melika noma ukuthi kwaqala yini emkhunjini.

Ngesikhathi esifanayo, i-WHO ibambisana namazwe angamalungu athintekile—kufaka phakathi iNetherlands, iNingizimu Afrika, iCape Verde, iSpain kanye ne-United Kingdom—kanye nenkampani yokuthumela izimpahla uqobo ukuze ukuhlela ukususwa kwezokwelapha kwabantu abagulayo abasasele ku-MV Hondius. Umgomo ukubadlulisela ezibhedlela ezinekhono lokwelapha amacala abucayi e-hantavirus nokunciphisa ingozi yokutheleleka okwengeziwe.

I-Oceanwide Expeditions igcizelela ukuthi ixhumana njalo ne-WHO, i-Dutch National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), iminyango yezangaphandle kanye namanxusa amazwe ahlukahlukene ukuze ukuxhumanisa zonke izinqumo zezempilo nezokuthuthaLe nkampani igcizelela ukuthi zonke izinyathelo ezithinta ukwehla, ukususwa kwabantu noma ukubuyiselwa kwabantu zilandela imiyalelo yeziphathimandla zasekhaya nezamazwe ngamazwe.

Iyini i-hantavirus futhi idluliselwa kanjani?

I-Hantavirus iyigciwane elitholakala ezindaweni ezahlukene zomhlaba elidluliselwa kakhulu, ngokuxhumana namagundane athelelekileIndlela evame kakhulu yokutheleleka ukuchayeka emchameni, endle, noma ematheni alezi zilwane, ikakhulukazi lapho izinhlayiya ezingcolile ziphefumulwa ezindaweni ezivalekile noma ezingenawo umoya ohlanzekile.

Ngokusho kwe-U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), leli gciwane lingabangela izifo ezimbili ezinkulu kubantu: i-hantavirus pulmonary syndromeLesi simo sithinta kakhulu uhlelo lokuphefumula, futhi umkhuhlane wegazi ohambisana nesifo sezinso ulimaza kakhulu izinso. Zombili azivamile, kodwa ukuqhubeka kwazo kungaba ngokushesha futhi kungaba yingozi.

Nakuba amacala amaningi ahlobene ukuchayeka kwemvelo endle yegundaneI-WHO iphawula ukuthi, ezimweni ezithile, ukudluliselwa komuntu kuya komunye kuye kwabhalwa phansi. Lolu hlobo lokudluliselwa aluvamile, kodwa uma lwenzeka lungabangela ukugula okukhulu kokuphefumula okudinga ukulaliswa esibhedlela kanye nokunakekelwa okujulile.

Okwamanje, akukho ukwelashwa okuqondile noma ikhambi eliqinisekile lokutheleleka kwe-hantavirus. Isihluthulelo, ngokusho kweziphathimandla zezempilo zomphakathi, siku ukutholwa kusenesikhathi kanye nokusekelwa okujulile kwezokwelapha Kulabo abagulayo abathola izinkinga zamaphaphu noma zezinso, ukungenelela kusenesikhathi kungandisa kakhulu amathuba okusinda.

Umthelela eSpain kanye nokukhathazeka eziQhingini zaseCanary

Iqiniso lokuthi i indawo yokugcina yohambo lomkhumbi yiziqhingi zaseCanary Islands Lokhu kubangele ukukhathazeka eSpain, ikakhulukazi eziqhingini. UMnyango Wezempilo ukuqinisekisile ukuba khona kwezakhamuzi zaseSpain okungenani ezingu-14 emkhunjini i-MV Hondius, omunye wabo eyilungu labasebenzi, futhi uthi uxhumene kakhulu ne-WHO kanye neziphathimandla zamanye amazwe ahilelekile.

Izikhulu zezempilo zaseSpain zigcizelela ukuthi ingozi kubantu abasemhlabeni iyingozi phansi kakhulu ngenkathi umkhumbi uhlala ungakaphumi futhi ilawulwa. Kodwa-ke, izinsizakalo zezempilo zaseCanary Islands sezivele zisebenza ezimweni ezahlukene ukuze ziphendule uma ukudojwa kwamacala kugunyaziwe, ngezinqubo ezifaka phakathi ukuhlukaniswa, ukuhlolwa kokuxilonga kanye nokulandelela oxhumana nabo.

Phakathi kochwepheshe, kucatshangelwa ukuthi ukugxila kokuqala kwalesi sifo kungahlobene izindawo zokuhamba ngezinyawo ezivame ukuhanjwa yizimpuku ngesikhathi sokuma kohambo lwesikebhe eNingizimu Melika. UMnyango Wezempilo waseSpain ukhombisile ukuthi enye yezindawo zokuzijabulisa ezivakashelwa ngabantu abathintekile yaziwa ngokuba khona kwamagundane aphethe i-hantavirus, engafanelana nephethini evamile yokudluliselwa.

Nakuba kungaqedi ngokuphelele ukuthi kungenzeka ukuthi kube nokutheleleka emkhunjini ngokwawo, ochwepheshe basakholelwa ukuthi Ukudluliselwa okuqhubekayo komuntu nomuntu akunakwenzeka kulesi siqephu esithile, yize bencoma ukuthi kuqashelwe kuze kube yilapho imiphumela eqondile yocwaningo lwe-epidemiological kanye nolwelebhu itholakala.

Nakuba imvelaphi yokutheleleka isacaciswa futhi kunqunywa indawo lapho kuzovunyelwa khona ukwehla, isimo esikhona sisacutshungulwa. ukubhekwa njalo kwezokwelaphanabagibeli nabasebenzi abasesimweni sokuhlukaniswa okuntantayo. Okubaluleke kakhulu yiziphathimandla kanye nenkampani yokuthumela izimpahla ukuqinisekisa ukunakekelwa okwanele kwabagulayo, futhi ngesikhathi esifanayo, ukunciphisa noma yimuphi umthelela empilweni ezindaweni ezingaba khona zokufinyelela.

Lesi sigameko e-MV Hondius sibuyisele udaba phambili. ubungozi bemikhumbi yokudoba ekuqubukeni kwezifo ezithathelwanayoLokhu kuyiqiniso ikakhulukazi lapho kusetshenzwa imizila ekude, izinsiza zokunakekelwa kwempilo ezilinganiselwe ngaphakathi, kanye nohambo olude phakathi kwamachweba. Eziqhingini zaseCanary naseYurophu, leli cala seliyisilingo esibalulekile sokuxhumana kwamazwe ngamazwe, ukuqapha izifo, kanye nekhono lokuphendula eziphuthumayo zezempilo zomphakathi olwandle.

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