IDominica iphawula iintsuku ezingamashumi amabini ananye okoko yagqibela ukuqinisekiswa Covid-19. Isibhengezo senziwe ngu-National Epidemiologist uGqirha Shalaudin Ahmed kwi-Ofisi yoMphathiswa Wezempilo, Ukuphila Kakuhle kunye noTyalo-mali lwezeMpilo eNtsha ukwenza ingcaciso ngo-Epreli 28, 2020. UGqirha Ahmed uqaphele ukuba uphando olusekwe kuluntu luza kuqala ngoMeyi 5, 2020 inyanga enye ukubhaqa abo bangasithwaliyo isifo kunye nokuchonga abantu abanokuba banesifo esichaseneyo nesi sifo. Umhla wolu phando ungqamana nemijikelo emibini yokufukama ukusuka kwimeko yokugqibela eqinisekisiweyo yesi sifo. Olu phando luza kwenziwa ngokukhetha ngokungakhethiyo inani lamakhaya kuzo zosixhenxe izithili zezempilo, nangona kunjalo uphando luza kuqalwa kwizithili zezempilo apho kwafunyanwa khona iimeko zesi sifo. Uluntu lukhuthazwe ukuba luqhubeke nokuziqhelanisa nokucoceka kwezandla, isimilo sokuphefumla, ukubekwa eluntwini nasemzimbeni kunye nazo zonke ezinye iinkqubo ezikhutshwe liSebe lezeMpilo, i-Wellness kunye noTyalo-mali lwezeMpilo.
Ugqirha Ahmed unike ezinye iinkcukacha kwizigulana ze-COVID-19 zaseDominica. Kumatyala ali-16 aqinisekisiweyo, zintathu kuphela ezinxulunyaniswe nemithombo yangaphandle, njengoko i-2 inembali yokuhamba kwintengiso ye-1 edibene neqela labakhenkethi. Amatyala ali-13 ashiyekileyo ayenonxibelelwano lwamatyala ama-2. Izigulana zazikwiminyaka ukusuka kwi-18 ukuya kwi-84 iminyaka, kubandakanya i-11 yamadoda kunye ne-5 yabasetyhini. Zine-4 kuphela ze-16 ze-COVID-19 zezigulana ezibonakalise iimpawu ngaphambi kokuba zichongiwe, ezazinobulali. Izigulana ezili-12 eziseleyo zazingabonakali kwaye zachongwa ngokulandela umkhondo wonxibelelwano. Okwangoku zintathu iimeko ze-COVID-19 ezisebenzayo eDominica, kwaye akukho namnye wabaguli ofuna ukusetyenziswa kwee-ventilator. Ukuza kuthi ga ngoku, iimvavanyo ezingama-386 ze-PCR sele zenziwe nge-370 zingenayo.
Umlawuli weDominica Social Security, UNkosazana Janice Jean Jacques-Thomas ubhengeze ukuba umbutho wakhe ukwinkqubo yokufumana ukuvunywa kwezicwangciso zokubonelela ngezibonelelo zokungaqeshwa okwethutyana kubantu abanemisebenzi echaphazelekayo ngenxa yesifo se coronavirus. Isindululo esangeniswa kuRhulumente ukuba samkelwe siqwalasele iingcebiso ezivela kuMbutho Wezabasebenzi Wezizwe Ngezizwe, inkampani yezobugcisa uMoreau Sheppell kunye nemibutho yecandelo labucala efana neDominica Employers Federation, iDominica Hotel kunye noMbutho wezoKhenketho, iDominica Association of Industry and Commerce. Inkqubo yesibonelelo sokungabikho kwemisebenzi okwethutyana kulindeleke ukuba isuse ifuthe kwimivuzo yabasebenzi abachaphazelekayo kwaye ivuselele imisebenzi yoqoqosho.
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INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- Janice Jean Jacques-Thomas announced that her organization is in the process of getting approval of plans to provide temporary unemployment benefits to persons whose jobs were affected as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.
- The survey will be done through random selection of a proportion of households from all seven health districts, however the survey will be initiated in the health districts where confirmed cases of the disease were found.
- Ahmed noted that a community-based survey will commence on May 5, 2020 for one month to detect asymptomatic carriers of the disease and to identify persons who may have developed antibodies to the disease.
