UMnyango Wezempilo eLimpopo uqaphe ngekholera

UMnyango wezeMpilo eLimpopo usebenzisana neBMA nezinye izinhlaka ezithintekayo ukunqanda ukubhebhetheka kwekholera esifundazweni, ngemuva kokuqinisekiswa kwezigameko ezimbili muva nje. Iziguli ezimbili, eziphuma eZimbabwe, ziphindele eNingizimu Afrika ngokusebenzisa umngcele. Njengamanje bathola ukwelashwa esibhedlela sendawo.

Okhulumela uMnyango, uNiel Shikwambana, uthe bathatha zonke izinyathelo ezifanele ukuqinisekisa ukuthi lesi sifo asisabalali esifundazweni noma ezweni. Uthe basebenzisana kakhulu ne-BMA, uMnyango Wezempilo Kazwelonke, i-WHO kanye nabanye ababambisene nabo ukuqapha nokuhlola abahambi emingceleni, ikakhulukazi labo abavela emazweni ahlaselwe yisifo sohudo.

Uphinde wathi sebeqwashise zonke izikhungo zabo zezempilo ukuthi ziqaphele futhi zikulungele ukubhekana nanoma yisiphi isifo sohudo ngoba lesi sifo siyathelelana kakhulu futhi singabulala uma singalashwa ngokushesha. “Senza konke okusemandleni ethu ukuvikela abantu bakithi kulesi sifo esibulalayo, esibhidliza amanye amazwe angomakhelwane bethu. Sinxusa imiphakathi yethu ukuthi izijwayeze inhlanzeko, njengokugeza izandla ngensipho namanzi, ukubilisa noma ukuhlanza amanzi okuphuza, nokupheka ukudla kahle. Siyabaluleka futhi ukuthi basheshe bathole usizo lwezempilo uma bethola izimpawu zekholera njengokuthi uhudo, ukuhlanza, ukuphelelwa amanzi emzimbeni nokuba buthakathaka,” usho kanje.

Ikholera isifo esibangelwa amagciwane esidala isifo sohudo esinzima kanye nokuphelelwa amanzi emzimbeni. Ngokuvamile idluliselwa ngamanzi angcolile noma ukudla. Kungavinjelwa ngokwenza ngcono ukuthuthwa kwendle, inhlanzeko kanye nokutholakala kwamanzi aphephile.

Ngokombiko we-WHO, iZimbabwe isibike ukuthi bangaphezu kuka-200 abantu asebeshonile kanye nabangaphezu kuka-10 000 abaphethwe isifo sohudo kusukela ngoSepthemba nyakenye, kanti iZambia ibike ukuthi kushone abantu abangaphezu kuka-300 kanye nabangaphezu kuka-5 000 kusukela ngo-Okthoba.