I-PORT HARCOURT, eNigeria - UMphathiswa wezeMpilo wasePort Harcourt, eNigeria, ngoku uye wachaza iimeko ze-3 eziqinisekisiweyo zesifo se-Ebola virus e-Port Harcourt, i-oil hub yelizwe. Amatyala awongezelelekileyo ekurhanelwa ayaphandwa.
Imvelaphi kwityala lesalathiso saseBhayi
Intsholongwane ye-Ebola yangeniswa eNigeria ngokusebenzisa umhambi womoya osulelekileyo, owangena eLagos ngomhla we-20 kaJulayi waza wafa emva kweentsuku ze-5. Olunye unxibelelwano olusondeleyo lwetyala laseLagos wabaleka esixekweni, apho wayevalelwe yedwa, esiya kufuna unyango ePort Harcourt.
Uqhagamshelwano olusondeleyo lwaphathwa, ukususela ngomhla woku-1 ukuya kowesi-3 ku-Agasti, kwihotele yaseBhayi, ngento eyayiza kuba yingxelo yengxelo yesixeko. Eli tyala lalingugqirha wesilisa owavelisa iimpawu zobuthathaka kunye nomkhuhlane ngo-11 Agasti waza wafa nge-Ebola ngo-22 Agasti. Usulelo lwakhe lwaqinisekiswa nge-27 ka-Agasti yilabhoratri ye-virology kwiSibhedlele sokuFundisa seYunivesithi yaseLagos.
Ugqirha oyindoda ePort Harcourt ke ngoko ngokungathanga ngqo unxulunyaniswa nemeko yokuqala yaseNigeria.
Imbali yetyala le-index case e-Port Harcourt ibalulekile, njengoko iveza amathuba amaninzi asemngciphekweni omkhulu wokudluliselwa kwentsholongwane kwabanye.
Emva kokuqala kweempawu, ngo-11 Agasti, kuze kube yi-13 Agasti, ugqirha waqhubeka ephatha izigulane kwikliniki yakhe yangasese, kwaye wasebenza ubuncinane ezimbini. Ngomhla we-13 Agasti, iimpawu zakhe zanda; wahlala ekhaya waza walaliswa esibhedlele nge-16 ka-Agasti.
Ngaphambi kokuba alaliswe esibhedlele, ugqirha ebenxibelelana nabantu abaninzi, njengoko izalamane nezihlobo bezityelele ekhayeni lakhe ukuza kubhiyozela ukuzalwa komntwana.
Akuba engeniswe esibhedlele, waphinda wanxibelelana nabantu abaninzi, njengoko amalungu ecawa yakhe ayetyelele ukuze enze isiko lokuphilisa ekuthiwa libandakanya ukubekwa izandla. Ngexesha leentsuku ezi-6 esibhedlele, wayezinyaswe luninzi lwabasebenzi bezempilo besibhedlele.
Ngomhla we-21 Agasti, wathatyathwa kwiklinikhi ye-ultrasound, apho oogqirha be-2 benza i-scan yesisu. Wafa ngosuku olulandelayo.
Amatyala ama-2 ongezelelweyo aqinisekisiweyo yinkosikazi yakhe, naye ugqirha, kunye nesigulana kwisibhedlele esinye apho wayenyangwa khona. Abasebenzi abongezelelweyo kwesi sibhedlele baphantsi kovavanyo.
Ngenxa yala mathuba amaninzi okuvezwa komngcipheko omkhulu, ukuqhambuka kwesifo sentsholongwane ye-Ebola ePort Harcourt kunamandla okukhula kwaye kunwenwe ngokukhawuleza kunaleyo yaseLagos.
Impendulo
Abasebenzi bezempilo baseNigeria kunye neengcali ze-WHO zibeka esweni ngaphezu koqhagamshelwano lwe-200. Kwezi, malunga nama-60 athathwa ngokuba anomngcipheko ophezulu okanye umngcipheko ophezulu kakhulu.
Obona mngcipheko mkhulu utyhilekileyo wenzeke kumalungu osapho kunye nakubasebenzi bezempilo kunye nezigulane kwiziko apho isalathiso setyala sasilaliswe esibhedlele. Amalungu eCawa awatyelela i-index case ngoxa wayelele esibhedlele nawo ajongwa njengasemngciphekweni omkhulu.
Urhulumente, exhaswa yi-WHO, i-UNICEF, kunye ne-MSF (OoGqirha abangenayo imida), uye wazisa inani lamanyathelo angxamisekileyo. Okunye kuza kwaziswa ekupheleni kwale veki.
I-Ebola ye-Emergency Operations Centre ivuliwe, kunye nenkxaso evela kumaZiko e-US oLawulo lweSifo kunye nokuThintela. Ilabhoratri ehambayo, ene-RT-PCR yokuxilonga umthamo, isekiwe kwaye iyasebenza.
Indawo yokubeka yodwa yeebhedi ezingama-26 zolawulo lweemeko ze-Ebola ikhona, kunye nezicwangciso zokwandiswa okunokwenzeka. I-WHO ineengcali ze-15 zobugcisa emhlabeni.
Amaqela angamashumi amabini ananye okukhangela abafowunelwa asemsebenzini; banoqeqesho olufanelekileyo, olunikezwa yi-WHO, kunye nokuthutha okwaneleyo, ngenxa yenkxaso karhulumente. Amaqela amabini okuphelisa iintsholongwane axhotyisiwe kwaye ayasebenza, njengeqela labangcwabi.
IPort Harcourt likomkhulu leRivers State. I-WHO, kunye neNkonzo yezeMpilo yaseRivers State Port, iye yavavanya imilinganiselo yezempilo yoluntu kumasango eenqwelo-moya kunye nezinye iindawo zokungena. Ukuhlolwa kuyaqhubeka kumasango esikhululo seenqwelomoya asekhaya nakwamanye amazwe.
Iinzame zokuhlanganisa uluntu ziye zanyuswa, ekuqaleni zijolise kuluntu oluphambili kunye neenkokeli zonqulo.
Nangona kunjalo, uqhushululu lwasekuhlaleni, imiba yokhuseleko, kunye noloyiko loluntu lwe-Ebola ludala iingxaki ezinzulu ezinokuthintela imisebenzi yokuphendula. Ukukhatshwa komkhosi kuyafuneka xa umntu eshukunyiswa kwiziko lokwahlulwa kunye nonyango.
