Njengenxalenye yomzamo oqhubekayo wokunceda ukunqanda ukusasazeka kwe-COVID-19, isikhululo seenqwelomoya saseMiami ngoku sifumana uncedo kubahlobo abatsha abanoboya: izinja zomtshini eziqeqeshwe ngokukodwa ngemigaqo eyenziwe yiGlobal Forensic and Justice Centre (GFJC) kwiYunivesithi yaMazwe ngaMazwe yaseFlorida. (FIU).
Ndiyabulela kwisigqibo esixhaswe nguMkomishinala weNqila yaseMiami-Dade uKionne L. McGhee kwaye yamkelwe yiBhodi yabaKomishinala beeNkomishinala ngoMatshi ka-2021, iSebe le-Aviation laseMiami-Dade lisebenzisana ne-GFJC kwi-FIU kunye ne-American Airlines ukubamba i-COVID yeentsuku ezingama-30. Inkqubo yokulinga inja eyi-19 e-MIA, iyenza isikhululo seenqwelomoya sase-US sokuqala ukuvavanya ii-COVID-sniffing canines. Izinja zibekwe kwindawo yokuhlola ukhuseleko lwabasebenzi.
“Lo bhubhani usishukumisele ukuba senze izinto ezintsha ukuze sinqande ukusasazeka. Ndimqhwabela izandla uMkomishinala uMcGhee kunye neKomishoni yeNgingqi ngokucinga ngaphandle kwebhokisi ngeli nyathelo, ”utshilo KwiNqila yaseMiami-Dade USodolophu uDaniella Levine Cava. “Siyazingca ngokwenza konke esinako ukukhusela abahlali bethu. Ndijonge phambili ekuboneni indlela isikhululo seenqwelomoya esivavanya ngayo izakhono zabo kunye nokwandisa inkqubo yokulingwa kwezinye iindawo zeNqila. ”
Izinja zomtshini zinethuba lokubonwa kwangoko kunye nokusabela kwintsholongwane kwiindawo zikawonke-wonke ezifana nezikhululo zeenqwelomoya. Emva kwamakhulu eeseshoni zoqeqesho kwi-FIU ye-Modesto Maidique Campus e-Miami kulo nyaka, izinja zomtshini zifumene amaxabiso achanekileyo ukusuka kuma-96 ukuya kuma-99 epesenti yokubhaqa i-COVID-19 kulingo olupapashiweyo olujongwe ngontanga, oluyimfama kabini. Emva kokuba inkqubo yokulinga iphelile ngoSeptemba, i-FIU iya kuqhubeka isebenza ngokuchaneka kunye nokucacileyo, okuya kunceda ekubhaqweni kwe-COVID eyahlukileyo, yenja elandela iindlela eziqinisekisiweyo zesayensi.
“I-COVID-19 iphinde yalungisa ihlabathi kunye nendlela yokuphila esiyiqhelileyo,” utshilo uMkomishinala weNgingqi yaseMiami-Dade uKionne L. McGhee. “Kunyanzelise amashishini ethu ukuba abe nezinto ezintsha kwindlela aqhuba ngayo ishishini. Kuye kwanyanzela imibutho yethu esekelwe elukholweni nezikolo ukuba zivelise indlela eyahlukileyo yokufundiswa kwamabandla nabafundi. Neentsapho zethu kuye kwafuneka ukuba zilungise kwaye zibe nobuchule ngakumbi kwindlela ezinxulumana ngayo kunye nokubhiyozela iminyhadala ekhethekileyo. Ke ngoko, akufuneki sihlale emva kwindlela yethu yokulwa nokusasazeka kwale ntsholongwane. Ndiyazingca ngokuba ngumxhasi wenkqubo eza kuzisa izibonelelo ezibalulekileyo zokusindisa ubomi kuluntu lwethu.”
Izinja ezimbini kwiprogram yokulinga Isikhululo senqwelomoya saseMiami (MIA) – iCobra (i-Belgian Malinois) kunye ne-One Betta (umalusi waseDatshi) - baqeqeshelwe ukulumkisa ngevumba le-COVID-19. Intsholongwane ibangela utshintsho lwemetabolism emntwini olukhokelela ekuveliseni i-volatile organic compounds (VOCs). Ii-VOCs zikhutshwa ngumphefumlo kunye nokubila komntu, zivelisa ivumba elinokubonwa zizinja eziqeqeshiweyo. Utshintsho lwemetabolism luqhelekile kubo bonke abantu, nokuba liliphi ivumba labo. Ukuba inja ibonisa ukuba umntu uphethe ivumba lentsholongwane, loo mntu uyalelwa ukuba afumane uvavanyo lwe-COVID olukhawulezayo.
"Ukwazi ukusebenzisa amashumi eminyaka yophando ngale ndlela, ukubonelela ngokhuseleko olongezelelweyo kubasebenzi besikhululo seenqwelomoya kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya saseMiami, kuyazithoba," utshilo uGqr. Kenneth G. Furton, iFIU Provost kunye noNjingalwazi weChemistry kunye neBiochemistry. "Ezi zinja sesinye isixhobo esibalulekileyo esinokusisebenzisa ukuze siphile nalo bhubhani uqhubekayo."
Uphononongo oluninzi lubonise ukuba izinja ze-detector sesinye sezona zixhobo zithembekileyo ezikhoyo zokuchonga izinto ngokusekelwe kwivumba eliphumayo. Uphononongo lwangaphambili lubandakanya ukubonisa ukuba izinja zomtshina ziyakwazi ukubona ngokuthembekileyo abantu abanezifo, ezifana nesifo seswekile, ukuxhuzula, kunye nomhlaza othile. Izinja zomtshini kudala zisetyenziswa ziiarhente zomdibaniso kunye nezasekhaya kwi-MIA ukubona imali engavumelekanga, iziyobisi, iziqhushumbisi kunye nezolimo.
"Inkqubo yokulinga inja ye-COVID-19 ngumzamo wamva nje we-MIA wokusebenza njengebhedi yovavanyo kwizinto ezintsha zokhuseleko nokhuseleko," utshilo uMlawuli weThutyana we-MIA uRalph Cutié. "Siyazingca ngokwenza indima yethu kumlo ochasene ne-COVID-19, kwaye sinethemba lokubona le nkqubo yokulinga inokuba luncedo kuyo yonke iMiami-Dade County kunye nezikhululo zeenqwelomoya kwilizwe liphela."
