Umkhuhlane weDengue ugqugqisa kwiZiqithi zePasifiki, iFiji inika ingxelo malunga neemeko ezingama-2000 kunye neAmerican Samoa inika ingxelo yokubonelelwa kwamatyala kunyaka ophelileyo kuphela.
ISamoa, iTonga, iNew Caledonia, iKiribati kunye nePalau nazo zinika ingxelo yamanqanaba aphezulu angaqhelekanga entsholongwane.
I<em>dengue fever, edluliselwa ebantwini ngokulunywa ziingcongconi, ibuhlungu kakhulu, yenza buthathaka yaye maxa wambi iyabulala.
Uqhambuko luhlasele iFiji kwiiveki zamva nje. Ummandla osembindini, onamatyala aphantse abe yi-1300, kwaye intshona yeyona ichaphazeleke kakhulu.
Abasemagunyeni kwezempilo e-American Samoa bathi intsholongwane ibulele inkwenkwe eneminyaka eli-10 ubudala kwaye ichaphazele phantse ama-200 ukuza kuthi ga ngoku kulo nyaka. Uninzi lwezo meko zenzekile kwiiveki ezintandathu ezidlulileyo.
Kunyaka ophelileyo isizwe sibe namatyala ayi-109.
Isilumkiso sohambo sikaRhulumente waseNew Zealand kwiZiqithi zePasifiki silumkisa abahambi malunga nokunyuka komkhuhlane.
IThailand kunye neRio de Janeiro yaseBrazil nazo zinemigangatho ephezulu, itsho njalo.
“Njengoko lingekho iyeza lokukhusela umkhuhlane wedengue, abahambi bacetyiswa ukuba basebenzise into yokugxotha izinambuzane, banxibe iimpahla ezikhuselayo, baze bahlale kwiindawo zokulala apho kukho izikhuselo zeengcongconi ezifestileni nasezicangweni.”
Abo babuyayo besuka eZiqithi boyika ukuba banokuthi bosulelwe yile ntsholongwane kuhambo lwabo, okanye bazive bengaphilanga kwiiveki zabo ezimbini zokuqala bebuyile, bayabongozwa ukuba bafune iingcebiso kwangoko.
Umcebisi omkhulu wezempilo yoluntu kwiSebe lezeMpilo uGqr Andrea Forde uthe iNew Zealand ayinalo uvavanyo lwempilo emdeni.
Ke akukho ndlela yokugqiba ukuba umntu waseNew Zealand obuya phesheya wosulelwe sisifo esithile esifana nedengue de afune unyango.
Uqhambuko lweDengue fever luthande ukuza kwaye luhambe ePasifiki, utshilo uGqr Teuila Percival weZiko loPhando ngezeMpilo leYunivesithi yaseAuckland.
UGqr Percival ngokwakhe wosulelwa ngumkhuhlane eSamoa kwiminyaka eyadlulayo, kwaye wathi ngaphandle kwezinga lokufa kwayo idengue “ayisiyiyo into okhe ufune ukuyifumana”.
“Kuyoyikeka. Okona kubi kakhulu kunokubulala, kunokukwenza wophe kuyo yonke indawo, kuwo onke amalungu. Kodwa noko ubulali bayo busemanyumnyezi.”
Uthe uhlobo oluqhelekileyo lomkhuhlane luvakala njengomkhuhlane oqatha.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- Isilumkiso sohambo sikaRhulumente waseNew Zealand kwiZiqithi zePasifiki silumkisa abahambi malunga nokunyuka komkhuhlane.
- “As there is no vaccine to protect against dengue fever, travelers are advised to use insect repellent, wear protective clothing, and stay in lodgings where there are mosquito screens on windows and doors.
- Abo babuyayo besuka eZiqithi boyika ukuba banokuthi bosulelwe yile ntsholongwane kuhambo lwabo, okanye bazive bengaphilanga kwiiveki zabo ezimbini zokuqala bebuyile, bayabongozwa ukuba bafune iingcebiso kwangoko.
