I-GENEVA - Ingozi yokuthi inkawu isungulwe emazweni angenasiphelo ingokoqobo, ixwayise i-WHO ngoLwesithathu, njengoba sekunamacala angaphezu kwenkulungwane manje aqinisekisiwe emazweni anjalo.
Isikhulu seWorld Health Organisation, uTedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, uthe inhlangano yezempilo ye-UN ayincomi ukuthi kugonyelwe abantu abaningi ngaleli gciwane, futhi wengeza ngokuthi akukho kufa kwabantu okubikiwe kuze kube manje ngenxa yokuqubuka kwalesi sifo.
"Ingozi yokuthi i-monkeypox isungulwe emazweni angekho emthethweni ingokoqobo," kusho uTedros engqungqutheleni yezindaba.
Isifo se-zoonotic sigcwele abantu emazweni ayisishiyagalolunye ase-Afrika, kodwa kubikwe ukuqubuka kwezifo enyangeni edlule emazweni amaningana anganqamuki—ikakhulukazi eYurophu, futhi ikakhulukazi eBrithani, eSpain nasePortugal.
“Zingaphezu kuka-1 000 izigameko eseziqinisekisiwe ze-monkeypox manje osekubikwe ngazo ku-WHO ezivela emazweni angu-29 angekho kulesi sifo,” kusho uTedros.
IGreece ibe yizwe lakamuva ngoLwesithathu ukuqinisekisa icala layo lokuqala lalesi sifo, iziphathimandla zezempilo lapho zithi sithinta indoda esanda kuvakashela ePortugal nokuthi usesimweni esigculisayo esibhedlela.
Isifo esibonakalayo
Umthetho omusha othi inkawu njengesifo esaziswa ngokomthetho uqale ukusebenza eBrithani ngoLwesithathu, okusho ukuthi bonke odokotela baseNgilandi kudingeka ukuthi bazise umkhandlu wabo wendawo noma ithimba lezokuvikela ezempilo lendawo mayelana nanoma yiziphi izinsolo zemfene.
Amalabhorethri kufanele futhi azise Isikhungo Sezokuphepha Sezempilo sase-UK uma igciwane likhonjwa kusampula yaselabhorethri.
Embikweni wakamuva wangoLwesithathu, i-UKHSA ithe ithole amacala emonkeypox angama-321 ezweni lonke kusukela ngoLwesibili, ngamacala angama-305 aqinisekisiwe eNgilandi, ayi-11 eScotland, amabili eNyakatho Ireland namathathu eWales.
Izimpawu zokuqala zemonkeypox zihlanganisa umkhuhlane ophezulu, ama-lymph nodes avuvukele kanye nokuqubuka okufana nenkukhu eqhumayo.
Zimbalwa izibhedlela ezibikiwe, ngaphandle kweziguli ezihlaliswa zodwa, kusho i-WHO ngempelasonto.
USylvie Briand, umqondisi wezifo eziwubhubhane kanye nokulungela ubhubhane kanye nokuvimbela ubhubhane lwe-WHO, uthe umuthi wokugomela ingxibongo ungasetshenziswa ukulwa nemonkeypox, i-orthopoxvirus esikanye nayo, ngezinga eliphezulu lokusebenza.
I-WHO izama ukunquma ukuthi mingaki imithamo etholakalayo njengamanje kanye nokuthola kubakhiqizi ukuthi angakanani amandla abo okukhiqiza nokusabalalisa.
UPaul Hunter, uchwepheshe we-microbiology kanye nokulawulwa kwezifo ezithathelanayo, utshele i-Xinhua News Agency engxoxweni yakamuva ukuthi "inkawu ayisona isimo se-COVID futhi ayisoze yaba yisimo se-COVID".
UHunter uthe ososayensi bayamangala njengoba njengamanje kubonakala kungekho ukuxhumana okusobala phakathi kwamacala amaningi kuleli gagasi elikhona lokutheleleka kwemonkeypox.
Isikhathi sokuthumela: Jun-15-2022