US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Kuxelwe ukuba ikulungele ukukhupha uhlaziyo lwezikhokelo zayo malunga nokusetyenziswa ngokufanelekileyo kweemaski ngexesha lobhubhani we-COVID-19 wehlabathi.
Abantu baseMelika baya kubongozwa ukuba banxibe izihluzo ezingcono (kwaye zibiza kakhulu) iimaski ze-N95 kunye ne-KN95 ukuze kupheliswe ukusasazeka kwe-coronavirus.
Ukuba abantu “banokunyamezela ukunxiba imaski ye-KN95 okanye i-N95 imini yonke,” kufuneka benjenjalo, i-CDC ithi.
- Ziziphi iimaski ze-N95 kunye ne-KN95?
Iimaski ze-N95 kunye ne-KN95 zilunge kakhulu ekuhluzeni amasuntswana kodwa kuselula ukunxiba. Ziyilelwe useto lobuchwephesha njengokhathalelo lwempilo okanye imisebenzi yokwakha. Iimaski zenza itywina elisebenzayo kunye nobuso bomntu kwaye kuthiwa zihluza ngaphandle kwama-95% amasuntswana amancinci.
Umahluko kuphela phakathi kwe-N95 kunye ne-KN95 imaski uvela kwimigangatho eyahlukeneyo ebekwe ngabasemagunyeni base-US nabaseTshayina. I-China idinga ukuvavanywa kobuso bemaski ye-KN95, ngokungafaniyo ne-US, apho imibutho efana nezibhedlele inemithetho yayo kule ndawo. Umgangatho waseMelika ukwafuna iimaski ze-N95 ukuba "ziphefumle" kancinci kuneemaski ze-KN95.
2. Ziziphi CDC iingcebiso kwiimaski ngoku?
Uguqulelo lwangoku lwezikhokelo zeCDC, okokugqibela uhlaziyo ngo-Okthobha, licebisa ukuba kusetyenziswe iimaski zelaphu ezikhululekileyo ezinemigangatho emibini yelaphu kubantu abaninzi kwiindawo ezininzi. Ifuna ngokukodwa ukuba abantu ngokubanzi bangazinxibi ii-N95 respirators eziphawulwe “ngotyando” – okuthetha ukuba zenzelwe ukukhusela umntu ozinxibileyo kunye nabantu abakufutshane nabo.
Isizathu kukuba izibhedlele zase-US azivumelekanga ukuba zisebenzise ukhuseleko lwe-KN95 konke konke, kwaye i-CDC ifuna ukuba abasebenzi bezempilo bafikelele kuqala kwisitokhwe esilinganiselweyo. Abagxeki bathi iingcebiso, ezisukela kumaxesha apho izixhobo zokhuseleko lomntu (PPE) zazinqongophele kwihlabathi liphela, zide zaphelelwa lixesha.
3. Ngaba utshintsho malunga ne-Omicron?
Ngamafutshane, ewe, kodwa ayililo lonke ibali. Umehluko we-Omicron ungqineke unokudluliselwa ngakumbi kwaye unakho ngakumbi ukubetha ugonyo olubangelwa kukugonya kuneentlobo zangaphambili zentsholongwane ye-SARS-CoV-2. Kodwa kwamanye amazwe iYurophu njengeJamani igunyazise iimaski zeFFP2-eyiyo EU umgangatho onikezela ngokhuseleko lwenqanaba le-N95 - kwangoko ngoJanuwari 2021. Oko kwakusemva kokuba iingxaki zokufumaneka kwePPE zehlabathi zisonjululwe kwaye kwakude kudala ngaphambi kokuba i-Omicron ivele.
4. Kubonakala ngathi abantu baseMelika bajongene neendleko ezongezelelweyo
Ewe, amaxabiso e-US anyuke emva kweengxelo zemithombo yeendaba malunga nokuzayo CDC uhlaziyo lwesikhokelo. Umzekelo, ipakethi yeemaski ezingama-40 ze-KN95 zohlobo lweHotodeal yatsibela kwi-79.99 yeedola Amazon, ukusuka kwi-$ 16.99 ekupheleni kukaNovemba, ngokweenkcukacha zamva nje.
