Ngaphezulu kwezigidi ezingama-25 zabakhenkethi abatyelele iiCaribbean ngowama-2013, ngokweCaribbean Tourism Organisation. Yeyona ndawo ixhomekeke kwezokhenketho kwihlabathi.
Isiqithi saseFrance iReunion, kuLwandlekazi lwaseIndiya, sabona ukhenketho lwehla ngepesenti ezingama-60 emva kokuqhambuka kweChikungunya ngo-2005-2006.
Ngoku uKhenketho kwiiCaribbean lusengozini enkulu. I-Chikungunya yintsholongwane enganyangekiyo ethwala iingcongconi kwaye iyasasazeka kwiiCaribbean. Ichaphazele ngaphezulu kwabantu abangama-4,600 kwisithuba esingaphezulu kweenyanga ezintandathu, ngokweengxelo ezivela kwiPan American Health Organisation. Akuzange kubonwe ngaphambili eMelika, esi sifo sinamagosa kunye namashishini axhalabile kakhulu ngeziqithi ezibaluleke kakhulu kushishino lokhenketho.
Ithini imeko yangoku?
NgoDisemba ka-2013, uMbutho wezeMpilo weHlabathi (i-WHO) uxele ngokudluliselwa kwe-chikungunya e-Saint Martin. Ukuhanjiswa kwengingqi kuthetha ukuba iingcongconi kule ndawo zichaphazele i-chikungunya kwaye zisasazeka ebantwini. Eli lixesha lokuqala ukuhanjiswa kwengingqi ye-chikungunya kwaziswa eMelika.
Yintoni i-chikungunya?
I-Chikungunya sisifo esibangelwa yintsholongwane esasazeka ngokulunywa yingcongconi. Ezona mpawu zixhaphakileyo ze-chikungunya ngumkhuhlane kunye nentlungu edibeneyo. Ezinye iimpawu zinokubandakanya intloko ebuhlungu, iintlungu zemisipha, ukudumba ngokudibeneyo, okanye irhashalala.
Ngubani osemngciphekweni?
Abahambi abaya kwezi ziqithi kwiCaribbean basemngciphekweni wokufumana i-chikungunya. Ukongeza, abahambi abaya eAfrika, eAsia nakwiziqithi ezikuLwandlekazi lwaseIndiya nakwiNtshona Pasifiki nabo basemngciphekweni, njengoko intsholongwane ikho kwezi ndawo zininzi. Ingcongconi ethwala intsholongwane ye-chikungunya ingaluma emini nasebusuku, ngaphakathi nangaphandle, kwaye ihlala ihlala kwizakhiwo ezisezidolophini.
Yintoni abanokuyenza abahambi ukukhusela i-chikungunya?
Okwangoku akukho sitofu okanye iyeza lokuthintela i-chikungunya. Abahambi banokuzikhusela ngokuthintela ukulunywa yingcongconi.
Ukuhanjiswa kwe-chikungunya kwengingqi ngoku kuyaxelwa kwamanye amazwe akwiCaribbean. Ukusukela nge-17 kaJuni 2014, la mazwe alandelayo eCaribbean axele amatyala echikungunya:
Angwila
Antigua
British Virgin Islands
Dominikha
ilizwe lasedominic
French Guiana
Guadeloupe
Guyana
Haiti
Martinique
iPuerto Rico
Saint Barthelemy
Saint Kitts
Seyint Lushiya
I-Saint Martin (isiFrentshi)
Seyint Vinsent neGrenadins
USint Maarten (waseDatshi)
Turks and Caicos Islands
IiVirgin Islands
I-Caribbean Tourism Tndustry ixhalabile.Ingxelo evela kuGqr James Hospedales, umlawuli olawulayo weCaribbean Public Health Agency, "Besisebenza kunye neCaribbean Tourism Organisation kweminye yemiyalezo yonxibelelwano kuba kufuneka ube nenyani kwaye unyaniseke ekuxeleleni. inani labantu, kodwa kwelinye icala awukwazi ukwenza ixhala kunye noloyiko. "
"Akuzange kubekho apha ngaphambili, ke abantu bayachaphazeleka, akukho nxamnye kwaye siye saninzi iingcongconi eziyidluliselayo," utshilo.
Intsholongwane iChikungunya sisifo esithwala iingcongconi esifana neDengue fever. Iziganeko zokuqala zokuqhambuka kwabikwa ngo-Disemba ka-2013 kwicala laseFrance iSt. Martin, kwaye sele lisasazeke kumazwe ali-19 kulo mmandla, ngokutsho kwamaZiko aseMelika okuLawula nokuThintela izifo, acebisa ukuba abahambi bazikhusele kwiingcongconi Ukulunywa kwezi ndawo.
Okwangoku akukabikho nyango lwesi sifo. Nangona ayibulali, ibangela umkhuhlane, iintlungu, ukudinwa kwaye inokukhokelela kwintlungu yokudibana okungapheliyo. Ekuqaleni yafunyanwa eTanzania ngeminyaka yoo-1950, ayikabhalwa kumazwe aseMelika ukuza kuthi ga ngoku.
Kufuneka kuthiwe, nangona iiCaribbean yeyona ndawo ixhomekeke kwezokhenketho emhlabeni, kodwa inesabelo sentengiso esimalunga ne-1% yabo bonke abakhenkethi, ngokukaLorraine Nicholas, iGosa leNkqubo yezoKhenketho kuMbutho we-East Caribbean States, ebethetha ngesidingo sentsebenziswano.
Nangona kukho iimeko ezithile ezichaziweyo e-United States, oogqirha abakhathazeki malunga nokuqhambuka kwilizwe lase-US.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- Kufuneka kuthiwe, nangona iiCaribbean yeyona ndawo ixhomekeke kwezokhenketho emhlabeni, kodwa inesabelo sentengiso esimalunga ne-1% yabo bonke abakhenkethi, ngokukaLorraine Nicholas, iGosa leNkqubo yezoKhenketho kuMbutho we-East Caribbean States, ebethetha ngesidingo sentsebenziswano.
- James Hospedales, executive director of the Caribbean Public Health Agency, “We have been working with the Caribbean Tourism Organization on some of the communications messages because you have to be truthful and honest in informing the population, but on the other hand you can't cause alarm and panic.
- In addition, travelers to Africa, Asia, and islands in the Indian Ocean and Western Pacific are also at risk, as the virus is present in many of these areas.
