Ukuba ucinga ukuhamba ukuya eMexico ngexesha lokugqashuka kwegciwane lesifo se-Zika, unokukhathazeka malunga nendlela intsholongwane inokuchaphazela ngayo ukutyelela kwakho. Intsholongwane kaZika ibangelwa imbandezelo kwihlabathi lonke kodwa kubonakala ngathi isasazeka ngokukhawuleza eMelika. Kukho amaqela ambalwa kakhulu e-Zika eMexico kwaye ngokuqhelekileyo ayikho inkxalabo enkulu kubahambi, nangona kunjalo, abafazi abakhulelweyo okanye bacinga ukukhulelwa kufuneka bathathe uncedo olulodwa.
Iyintoni intsholongwane kaZika?
I-Zika yintsholongwane enokukhuselwa ngummiyane, efana ne- dengue kunye ne-chikungunya, inkontileka ngokugquma kwumlingo one-HIV. I-Aedes aegypti yintlobo yemmiyane ehambisa zonke iindiza. Kukho ubungqina bokuba iZika ingasasazwa ngokulala ngesondo nomntu ogulayo.
Ziziphi iimpawu zeZika?
Uninzi lwabantu abanesifo sengculaza (malunga ne-80%) abonakalisi naziphi na iimpawu, abo benzayo banokufumana umkhuhlane, ukugqithisa, iintlungu kunye kunye namabala obomvu. Ngokuqhelekileyo bavuka ngaphakathi malunga neveki. Nangona kunjalo, intsholongwane yenkxalabo ekhethekileyo kubafazi abakhulelweyo nabasetyhini abazama ukukhulelwa, njengoko kunokuba kunxulumene neziphene zokuzalwa ezifana ne-microcephaly; Iintsana ezizalwe ngabasetyhini abanegalelo likaZika ngelixa zikhulelwe zingaba neentloko ezincinane kunye nobuchopho obungaphantsi. Okwangoku akukho sitofu okanye unyango lwe-Zika virus.
Ziyasasazeka njani uZika eMexico?
Amazwe anenani eliphezulu lamatyala kaZika kude kube yiBrazil ne-El Salvador.
Iziganeko zokuqala eziqinisekisiweyo zeZika eMexico zazifunyenwe ngoNovemba ka-2015. I-virus yeZika isasazeka ngokukhawuleza, kwaye nayiphi na indawo apho i-Aedes aegypti iphila khona inokubakho ukugqabhuka. Imephu ebonakalisiweyo ibonisa inani leenkcukacha eziqinisekisiweyo zeZika kwisizwe ngasinye saseMexico sango-Apreli 2016. I- Chiapas yinkqubo yezona zihlandlo ezininzi, zilandelwa yi- Oaxaca neGuerrero.
Urhulumente waseMexico uthabatha amanyathelo okumisa ukusabalala kweZika kunye nezinye izifo ezithwalwe ngummiyane kunye neeprojekthi zokuphelisa okanye ukuphatha indawo apho umiyane lukhula khona.
Indlela yokuphepha igciwane leZika
Ukuba awuyena umfazi oneminyaka yokuzala, i-virus yeZika ayinakukubangela inkathazo. Ukuba ukhulelwe okanye uzama ukukhulelwa, ungafuna ukuphepha ukuhamba kwiindawo apho i-virus yeZika ifunyenwe khona. Wonke umntu kufuneka azikhusele ngokwasemlonyeni ngenxa yokungakwazi ukuhambisa ezinye izifo ezifana ne-dengue kunye ne-chikungunya.
Ukuze uzikhusele, khetha ihotele kunye neendawo zokungcebeleka eziye zikrini kwiifestile okanye zineenkwenkwezi zomoya ukuze unogada ungangeni kwiindawo zakho zokulala. Ukuba ucinga ukuba kukho iingcongconi apho uhlala khona, cela umlenze womsila phezu kombhede wakho, okanye sebenzisa i-coil-in coil. Xa uphuma ngaphandle, ngakumbi xa uhlala kwindawo apho omiyane bahlala khona, gqoka iimpahla ezihlambulukileyo ezigubungela iingalo, imilenze kunye neenyawo; ukhethe izambatho ezinemibala kunye nemibhobho yemvelo yintuthuzelo enkulu xa imozulu ishushu. Sebenzisa izilwanyana ezixhamlayo (iingcali zincoma ukusebenzisa i-DEET njengesithako esisebenzayo), kwaye usebenzise kwakhona rhoqo.