Imicimbi ye-CDC Isilumkiso sohambo lokuhamba eMiami emva kokuqhambuka kweZika

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Ukusukela oko intsholongwane ye-Zika yintsholongwane iqala ukuba ligama le-buzz (akukho pun kujoliswe kuyo), le meko iye yanda kuphela, ngakumbi kwii-Olimpiki zaseRio ezikufutshane nekona. Ngelixa amagosa aye alumkisa abafazi abakhulelweyo ukuba baphephe ukuhamba kumazwe athile achaphazelekayo eZika eLatin America naseCaribbean kangangeenyanga, njenganamhlanje, intsholongwane ngoku ibe yinkxalabo yokuhamba kwasekhaya. (Ufuna uhlaziyo? Izinto ezi-7 omele uzazi malunga neNtsholongwane kaZika.)

Amagosa ezempilo e-US okwangoku acebisa abafazi abakhulelweyo ukuba bangahambi kwindawo yaseMiami (nje ngasentla kwedolophu), apho i-Zika isasazwa khona yi-mosquitos. Ngokubhekisele kwizibini ezikhulelweyo ezihlala kule ndawo, i-CDC icebisa ukuba bayakuphepha ukulunywa yingcongconi ngempahla enemikhono emide kunye neebhulukhwe kwaye basebenzise into yokugxotha i-DEET.

Oku kuza emva kokuba amagosa aseFlorida eqinisekisile kwiveki ephelileyo ukuba abantu abane banesifo se-Zika virus ziingcongconi zalapha-iimeko zokuqala ezaziwayo zentsholongwane ezosasazwa ziingcongconi kwilizwekazi laseMelika, endaweni yesiphumo sokuhamba phesheya okanye ukunxibelelana ngokwesondo. (Inxulumene: Ityala lokuQala lokuThunyelwa kweZika kwabasetyhini ukuya emadodeni lafunyanwa kwi-NYC.)

"UZika ngoku ulapha," utshilo uThomas R. Frieden, umlawuli wamaZiko oLawulo noKhuseleko lweZifo, kwingxelo yeendaba yangoLwesihlanu. Ngelixa uFrieden engakhange acebise abasetyhini abakhulelweyo ukuba baphephe ukuhamba kule ndawo, imeko ikhawuleze yaqatsela ngempelaveki, nto leyo eyabangela ukuba amagosa ezempilo atshintshe indlela athetha ngayo. Njengokuma nje, abantu abali-14 kuloo ndawo bosulelwe yintsholongwane evela kwiingcongconi zalapha, bezisa inani eliqinisekisiweyo kwilizwekazi laseMelika ukuya kuthi ga ngaphezulu kwe-1,600 (ukusukela ngoMeyi, oku kubandakanya nabasetyhini abakhulelweyo abangama-300).

Abasebenzi bezempilo bebengena umnyango nomnyango kwindawo yaseMiami beqokelela iisampulu zokuvavanya abahlali, kwaye i-FDA imise iminikelo yegazi eSouth Florida de babe baya kuvavanywa iZika. Emva kokukhuthazwa yirhuluneli yaseFlorida uRick Scott, i-CDC iphinda ithumele iqela lokuphendula ngokukhawuleza eMiami ukunceda isebe lezempilo likarhulumente ngophando lwabo.

Ngelixa abaphandi babeqikelela ukuba uZika uza kuthi ekugqibeleni afike kwilizwekazi laseMelika (ikakhulu kunxweme lweGulf), iCongress ayizukuphendula kule meko ngokubonelela ngenkxaso-mali engaphezulu yokulwa nosulelo, enekhonkco eliqinisekisiweyo kwiziphene ezinzulu zokuzalwa. USenator waseFlorida uMarco Rubio, owavotela isicelo senkxaso mali, ubongoza iCongress ukuba ipasise umthetho oyilwayo wenkxaso mali ngo-Agasti, INew York Times iingxelo. Iminwe iwele abenzi bomthetho banokwenza isenzo sabo kunye.

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