Enye yezona nkxalabo zezempilo ezibangelwa ngabahamba ngoku ziintsholongwane zeZika. Isi sifo esiyingqayizivele kwaye esiyikrakra asiyiyo ingozi enkulu kubantu abasulelekileyo kodwa kunokubangela ukuba i-defective birth known as microcephaly kubantwana abangakazalwa. Ngenxa yoko, abasetyhini abakhulelweyo banokudandatheka kakhulu ekutyeleleni indawo apho i-virus iyaziwa khona. Ngaphezulu, ekubeni i-Zika sele iboniswe ukuba idluliselwe ngoqhagamshelwano lwezesondo, bobabini nabasetyhini bayacetyiswa ukuba bathathe ingqalelo ukuba banokuthi bavelele kwisi sifo.
Kodwa iimeko zeZika ezisasazwa ngesondo zihlala ziphantsi kweli nqanaba, kunye neendlela eziphambili zokuchasana nentsholongwane ezayo ngenxa yokuluma. Ngelishwa, oku kwenza kube nzima ukuthintela ukusasazeka kweZika, ngoku isasazeka kwiindawo ezininzi kwihlabathi kunye ne-US
Ngokweziko loLawulo lweZifo, i-Zika ngoku ixhaphake kakhulu eMelika kwaye ifumaneka kwiintlanga ezingama-33 kuloo nxalenye yehlabathi. Lawo mazwe afaka iBrazil, i-Ecuador, iMexico, iCuba neJamaica. Intsholongwane sele ifunyenwe kwiPacifi kwiziqithi eziquka iFiji, iSamoa, neTonga, kunye ne-American Samoa kunye ne-Marshall Islands. E-Afrika, uZika uye wafunyanwa kwiphondo laseCape Verde.
Kodwa, njengoko amanye amaZika aqhubeka nokukhupha, ngoku ngoku kubonakala ngathi ixhaphake ngakumbi kunokuba ucinge kuqala. Ngokomzekelo, iVietnam ngoku sele ineziganeko zayo ezimbini zokuqala, eziza kubonisa ukuba intsholongwane iya kusasazeka kwi-Asia-mpuma ye-Asia, apho ezinye iintsholongwane ezithwala iintsholongwane ziqhelekileyo.
Kukho iziganeko ezingaphezu kwama-300 zeZika ezibikwe kulo lonke i-United States, kodwa kuzo zonke iziganeko abantu abanentsholongwane banokuthi bavelele kwisifo xa behamba phesheya. Akukho nto ibonisa ukuba i-mosquito ephethe i-virus okwangoku isebenza kwi-US Zika iyinkxalabo ekhulayo eMexico, noko ke, ekhokelela abaninzi abaphandi ukuba bakholelwe ukuba kungekudala uza kusasaza kumzantsi wase-US kwaye mhlawumbi ngaphaya kwe.
Kungekudala, i-CDC inenelela ububanzi phakathi kwe-United States ekholelwa ukuba i-virus yeZika ingasasazeka. Intsholongwane iqhutyelwa yizilwanyana zezilwanyana ezinokuthiwa yi-Aedes aegypti, kwaye ezo nambuzane zifumaneka kwiindawo ezininzi zelizwe ezazicinga ngaphambili. Imephu ekhoyo ekhoyo ekhoyo njengamanje i-Zika isolula unxweme ukuya kunxweme ngaphesheya kwe-United States yase-Florida ukusuka eFlorida ukuya eCalifornia. Ukongezelela, indawo enokusuleleka ingasolula i-East Coast ukuya kwi-Connecticut.
Okwangoku, akukho nonyango okanye ugonywa kaZika, kwaye ekubeni iimpawu zibuhlungu kakhulu, abaninzi abantu abakwaziyo ukuba sele benesifo. Kodwa, uphando lubonakala lubonisa ukuba emva kokuba unesivumelwane nesifo, umzimba wakho wakha umkhuhlane ekuchaseni kwangaphambili. Ukongezelela, abaphandi baye batshabalalisa impawu zesifo sengculaza, ekugqibeleni ekuncedeni ukulwa nesifo okanye ukuthintela ukuba bangathinteli abantwana abangakazalwa.
Kuthetha ukuthini oku kubathengi? Okubalulekileyo kubalulekile ukwazi ukuba uya kuvela njani kuZika, kokubili ekhaya nakwindlela. Ukuxhotyiswe ngalolo lwazi, ungathatha amanyathelo afanelekileyo ukukhusela iingxaki ezinokukhulelwa.
Ngokomzekelo, kunconywa ukuba amadoda ahambele indawo apho uZika eyaziwayo ukuba ahlale khona okanye ayeke kwizesondo kunye namaqabane abo okanye ukusebenzisa iikhondom, kwiiveki eziyi-8 emva kokubuya kwabo. Abafazi abaye batyelela enye yezo ndawo kufuneka balinde ekugqibeleni iiveki ezi-8 ngaphambi kokuzama ukukhulelwa. I-CDC ithetha ukuba iibini zitshatile ukuyeka ukuzama ukukhulelwa iinyanga ezili-6 ukwenzela ukuba zinike ithuba elihle lokuba nomntwana onempilo ekhululekile kwi-microcephaly.
Njengoko uqala ukwenza izicwangciso zohambo oluzayo, gcina izi khokelo kwingqondo. Mhlawumbi, ungeke ube nesigulana nesi sifo, kwaye ukuba wenza ntoni, mhlawumbi awuyi kukwazi. Kodwa, kungcono ukukhuseleka kunokuba uxolo xa usebenzisa into enokuba yingozi.