I-US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) iyala abesifazane abakhulelwe ukuba bacabangele ukuhlehlisa ukuhamba baye eCaribbean naseLatin America "ngaphandle kwenqwaba yokuqapha" ngenxa yokuthi kungenzeka ukuvinjelwa kwegciwane le-Zika (ZIKV) lezinyosi ezithwala umiyane.
Igciwane lisakazwa ikakhulukazi yizinhlobo zezinyosi ze-Aedes aegypti (okufanayo okusabalalisa i-yellow fever, i-dengue, ne-chikunganya), nakuba insimu yase-Asian (Aedes albopictus) nayo yaziwa ngokudlulisela lesi sifo.
Umndeni wakwa-Aedes uhlabelela emini.
Ingabe kufanele uhlehlise iholide lakho laseCaribbean ngenxa yokwesaba kweZika? Uma ukhulelwe, impendulo ingaba yebo. Uma ungenjalo, cishe akunjalo: izimpawu zesifo zibucayi, ikakhulukazi uma kuqhathaniswa nezinye izifo ezishisayo, futhi iZika ihlala ingavamile eCaribbean naphezu kokuphazamiseka okuqhubekayo eBrazil okwamanje.
UZika, ongenakho ukwelashwa okuwaziwayo, kuthiwa uxhunywe engozini yezinye izikhathi ezibulalayo ze-microcephaly (ukuvuvukala kobuchopho) kanye neminye imiphumela embi yabantwana besifazane abathintekayo ngenkathi bekhulelwe. Kodwa-ke, uma ungakhulelwe, izimpawu ze-Zika ukutheleleka ziba mnene: cishe umuntu oyedwa kwabahlanu abaphethe isivumelwano se-Zika, umonakalo, ubuhlungu obuhlangene kanye / noma amehlo abomvu. Izimpawu ngokuvamile zivela ezinsukwini ezingu-2-7 emva kokutheleleka futhi zigcine izinsuku ezingu-2-7 emva kokuvela.
Ukucwaninga kuze kube yimanje kubonisa ukuthi lesi sifo asikwazi ukuhanjiswa ngokusuka kumuntu kuya komuntu noma emoyeni, ukudla noma amanzi, ngokusho kwe-Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA), nakuba kunezimo ezisolakala zokudluliswa ngokocansi.
I-CDC itusa:
- Abesifazane abakhulelwe kunoma yiliphi i-trimester kufanele bacabangele ukuhlehlisa ukuhamba ezindaweni lapho ukuhanjiswa kwegciwane lesandulela ngculazi kuqhubeka khona.
- Abesifazane abakhulelwe abakhetha ukuhamba, nabesifazane abazama ukukhulelwa, kufanele baxoxe nomhlinzeki wabo wezempilo ngaphambi kokuya kulezi zindawo futhi balandele ngokuqinile izinyathelo zokuvimbela umlingo wokuluma phakathi nohambo, njengokugqoka amakamelo amade namabhulukwe amade, usebenzisa i-DEET, i-picaridin, noma i-omon ye-lemon eucalyptus esekelwe ekusikeni kwezinambuzane, egqoke izingubo zokuphathwa kwe-permethrin, nokuhlala futhi elele emakamelweni angene ngaphakathi noma aphethwe umoya.
Amazwe aseCaribbean anezimo eziqinisekisiwe zokutheleleka kweZika zihlanganisa:
- I-Anguilla
- Aruba
- I-Barbados
- Bonaire
- Cuba
- Curacao
- Dominica
- i-Dominican Republic
- I-Grenada
- I-Guadeloupe
- I-Haiti
- Jamaica
- I-Martinique
- I-Mexican Caribbean
- E-Puerto Rico
- Saba
- St. Barths
- St. Lucia
- St. Martin / St. I-Maarten
- ISt. Vincent namaGrenadines
- USt. Eustatius (Statia)
- I-Trinidad ne-Tobago
- Iziqhingi zase-Virgin zase-US
(Bheka iwebhusayithi ye-CDC yokubuyekezwa kwezizwe zaseCaribbean ezithintekile.)
Amanye amazwe anama-Zika amacala afaka:
- Brazil
- I-Colombia
- El Salvador
- I-French Guiana
- I-Guatemala
- I-Honduras
- I-Panama
- I-Paraguay
- I-Suriname
- I-Venezuela
Ngokuphendula izixwayiso ezivela kwi-CDC ne-World Health Organization, izindiza ezindizayo ezinkulu kanye nemigqa yokuhamba ngezinyawo zihlinzeka ngokubuyiselwa kwemali noma ukubhuka kwamahhala kubanikazi abanamathikithi emazweni abathintekayo yiZika. Lokhu kufaka phakathi i-United Airlines, i-JetBlue, i-Delta, i-American Airlines (inothi lokudokotela), kanye neNingizimu-ntshonalanga (eye yavumela njalo lezi zinguquko kuwo wonke amathikithi). IsiNorway, iCarnival neRoyal Caribbean nayo yamemezela izinqubomgomo zokusiza abahambi ukuba bagweme ukuvakashela izindawo ezithinteka yiZika uma befisa.
I-Caribbean Tourism Organisation (CTO) neCaribbean Hotel kanye ne-Tourism Association (CHTA) isebenzisana neziphathimandla zempilo zendawo kanye nesifundazwe (kuhlanganise neCARPHA) ukuqapha nokulawula igciwane leZika, kusho izikhulu ngesikhathi senkomfa yezindaba emnyangweni weMakethe wezokuvakasha weCaribbean, ngasekupheleni kukaJanuwari eNassau, eBahamas.
U-Hugh Riley, uNobhala Jikelele we-CTO, waphawula ukuthi ngeziqhingi ezingaphezu kuka-700 zaseCaribbean, izimo ziyohlukahluka kwezizwe ngezizwe.
"Sixhumana nabathintekayo bethu futhi sibona izinqubo zezempilo ezisezweni, ezifundazweni nasemhlabeni jikelele ekubhekaneni nezifo ezibangelwa umiyane ezingatholakala emazweni ashisayo kanye nezifunda ezishisayo zase-US," kusho uRiley.
"Uhlelo lokulawulwa kwamagciwane okuhlukumezeka ngamahhotela nohulumeni lubalulekile njengoba kuqondwa umphakathi nokuqeqeshwa okuqondiswe kubasebenzi, amabhizinisi kanye nohulumeni," wanezela uFrank Comito, uMqondisi Jikelele kanye ne-CEO ye-CHTA. Njengayezinye izifo ezithwala umiyane, izinhlelo zokunconywa Zika zamahhotela zihlanganisa:
- Ukuhlinzeka abasebenzi kanye nezivakashi ngolwazi ngoZika ukuze baqaphele izimpawu nezimpawu, ukuthi iZika idluliselwa kanjani nokuthi ingavinjelwa kanjani.
- Ukubeka izinambuzane ezinambuzane kuzo zonke izigumbane, noma ukuba nazo zitholakale ukuthenga.
- Gwema ukugcina amanzi ezingxenyeni zangaphandle ukuze uzivimbele ukuba abe izindawo zokuzalisa umiyane.
- Ukumboza amathangi amanzi noma ama-reservoir ukwenzela ukuthi omiyane bangangeni.
- Ukugwema ukwakhiwa kwemfucumfucu, okungafana nendawo yokuzalanisa umiyane.
- Ukubeka udoti emasakeni epulasitiki avaliwe bese uwugcina ezitsheni ezivaliwe.
- Ukuvula nokuvula iminyango namanzi ukuze kukhishwe amanzi aphelile.
- Ukufaka ukuhlolwa kwamangqamuzana kumafasitela kanye neminyango ukusiza ukunciphisa ukuxhumana phakathi kwemiyane kanye nezivakashi.
- Ukuhlinzeka izivakashi ngamanetha ombhede ezindaweni lapho izindlu zokulala zibonakala khona ngaphandle.
Uma uya e-Caribbean, qiniseka ukuthi ihhotela lakho lilandela lezi zinhlelo ukuze unciphise ingozi yokuthola iZika nezinye izifo ezithwala umiyane.