Intsholongwane ebulalayo kuLwandle lweBaltic yabulala umfazi kwi Jemani kwingozi yokuqala yohlobo lwayo kulo nyaka, njengoko ukunyuka kwamaqondo obushushu ehlotyeni kudala iimeko ezifanelekileyo zentsholongwane eyingozi ukuba iphindaphinde ngokukhawuleza.
IYurophu igosa phantsi kwamaza obushushu, iqhuba abaninzi ukuba babalekele elwandle, kodwa komnye umdala oselunxwemeni ovela kwilizwe lase EMecklenburg-Vorpommern, ukuqubha okupholileyo kwehlobo kwaphela ngentlekele.
Lo mfazi ufumene uxinzelelo lwebacteria ebulalayo yeVibrio, ngokweOfisi karhulumente yezempilo nentlalontle. Kukho iindidi ngeendidi zentsholongwane, ezinye zivela kwinto ebizwa ngokuba 'yinyama etya inyama' (eyaziwa ngokuba yi “Fleischfressende Ostsee-Bakterien”). Ezinye iintlobo zinokubangela iCholera, isifo esibi emathunjini.
Iibacteria zeVibrio zinokungena emzimbeni womntu ngeendlela ezahlukeneyo kubandakanya amanxeba avulekileyo, anokukhokelela kusulelo olukhulu kunye ne-sepsis. Kuyingozi ngakumbi kwabo banamajoni omzimba abuthathaka okanye isifo sesibindi esinganyangekiyo.
Umfazi osele ekhulile egula ngenxa yentsholongwane wayecingelwa ukuba unengxaki yokusilela komzimba, ngokweendaba zaseJamani.
Okwangoku, okusingqongileyo kunxweme lweBaltic lwaseJamani kusondele kwindawo efanelekileyo kwinto ephilayo, ekhula emanzini ashushu, amtyuba.
“Iibacteria zeVibrio ziphindaphindeka ingakumbi kumxholo wetyuwa oyi-0.5 pesenti nangaphezulu kobushushu obumalunga nama-20 degrees celcius [68 degrees Fahrenheit],” watsho uMartina Littmann, intloko yesebe lezempilo laseMecklenburg-Vorpommern.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- Deadly bacteria in the Baltic Sea killed a woman in Germany in the first fatality of its kind this year, as soaring summer temperatures create the perfect conditions for the dangerous pathogen to rapidly multiply.
- Europe is roasting under a heatwave, driving many to seek refuge in the sea, but for one elderly beachgoer from the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, a cool summer swim ended in tragedy.
- The woman contracted a strain of the deadly Vibrio bacteria, according to the state's Office for Health and Social Welfare.
