Isithethi seSebe lezoLimo, ukuLoba, kunye noLondolozo laseHong Kong, sikhuphe ingxelo, sibhengeza ukuba urhulumente wesixeko uzimisele ukuvala isithintelo sonyaka sokungeniswa kwee-hamster kunye nezinye izilwanyana ezincinci ezanyisayo, ebesingekho mthethweni kunyaka ophelileyo ngenxa yeenkxalabo ze-COVID-19.
Ngelixa izilwanyana zasekhaya ezincinci ezingeniswayo zisafuna iziphumo zovavanyo olubi lwe-coronavirus ngaphambi kokuba zithengiswe esixekweni, ezo zivavanywe ukuba zine-HIV ziya kubekwa zodwa ukusuka ngoku ukuya phambili 'de isiphumo sovavanyo sibe sanelisayo.'
Ngoku ka ISebe lezoLimo, lezokuLoba, kunye noLondolozo's igosa, uvavanyo luyimfuneko kuba izifundo ziye zangqina ukuba iimpuku azichananga nje kwintsholongwane, kodwa zinokudlulisela ngokulula ebantwini.
Hong Kong iihamster ezingeniswayo kwamanye amazwe kunye nezinye izilwanyana ezincinci ezincancisayo zemvelaphi yangaphandle kuJanuwari ophelileyo, emva kokuba iihamster ezilishumi elinambini ezithunyelwe zisuka eNetherlands zafunyaniswa ukuba zosulelwe yiDelta eyahlukileyo yekoronavirus.
Ukwahluka kweDelta bekungabonwa ebantwini kangangeenyanga kwaye kukholelwa ukuba imkile eHong Kong de umntu oneminyaka engama-23 ubudala kwivenkile yezilwanyana ezifuywayo e-Little Boss wavavanywa ukuba une-HIV kwaye wosulela umthengi.
Amagosa ezempilo esixekweni agqibe kwelokuba abulale ama-hamster angama-2,500, kunye nemivundla embalwa kunye ne-chinchillas, ekuphenduleni ukufunyaniswa, okwenzeka ngelixa iHong Kong yayizama ukuphumeza umgaqo-nkqubo oqatha waseTshayina weZero COVID.
Abahlali baseHong Kong bayalelwa ukuba bajike iihamster zabo ukuze bavavanywe, kodwa ziintsapho ezili-113 kuphela eziye zakwenza oko, kwaye esinye sezo zilwanyana zafuywayo zavavanywa ukuba sinalo intsholongwane.
Ngelixa ii-hamster zahlala zivaliwe njengoko uloyiko luphela, iivenkile zezilwanyana zavunyelwa ukuba ziphinde zingenise izilwanyana ezincancisayo ezingezizo ii-hamster ngoMeyi.
Ukuguqulwa kokuvalwa kwe-hamster kuza phakathi kokuvulwa okubanzi kwe-Hong Kong, ethe yaphakamisa iindawo zokuhlala ezihlala abantu ehotele, imivalo kunye nokuvalwa kwendawo yokutyela, kunye neemfuno zovavanyo lwe-PCR lwabafikayo abatsha.
Nangona kunjalo, isixeko kuxelwe ukuba siceba ukugcina igunya laso lemaski, sikhankanya inkxalabo malunga nomkhuhlane kunye ne-COVID-19.
Ukuya nokubuya kwilizwe laseTshayina kulindeleke ukuba kuphinde kuvulwe kamva kule veki njengoko iBeijing iphucula eyayo imigaqo-nkqubo ye-Zero-COVID.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- Isithethi seSebe lezoLimo, ukuLoba, kunye noLondolozo laseHong Kong, sikhuphe ingxelo, sibhengeza ukuba urhulumente wesixeko uzimisele ukuvala isithintelo sonyaka sokungeniswa kwee-hamster kunye nezinye izilwanyana ezincinci ezanyisayo, ebesingekho mthethweni kunyaka ophelileyo ngenxa yeenkxalabo ze-COVID-19.
- While the imported small pets will still require a negative coronavirus test results before they can be sold in the city, the ones that test positive will be just quarantined from now on ‘until the test result is satisfactory.
- Hong Kong banned imported hamsters and other small mammals of foreign origin last January, after almost a dozen hamsters shipped from the Netherlands were found to be infected with the Delta variant of coronavirus.
