Isifo seCoronavirus (COVID-19) yisifo esithathelwanayo esibangelwa i-coronavirus esanda kutholwa.
Iningi labantu abangenwe yigciwane le-COVID-19 lizothola ukugula kokuphefumula okumaphakathi kuya kokulinganisela futhi lilulame ngaphandle kokudinga ukwelashwa okukhethekile. Abantu asebekhulile, kanye nalabo abanezinkinga zempilo eziyisisekelo njengesifo senhliziyo nemithambo yegazi, isifo sikashukela, isifo sokuphefumula esingamahlalakhona, nomdlavuza maningi amathuba okuba bahlakulele ukugula okubi kakhulu.
Indlela engcono kakhulu yokuvimbela nokwehlisa ijubane ukusakazeka ukwazi kahle ngegciwane le-COVID-19, isifo esisibangelayo nokuthi sisakazeka kanjani. Zivikele wena nabanye ekuthelelekeni ngokugeza izandla noma usebenzise isihlikihla esinotshwala njalo futhi ungathinti ubuso bakho.
Igciwane le-COVID-19 lisakazeka ngokuyinhloko ngamaconsi amathe noma ukuphuma okuphuma ekhaleni lapho umuntu onaleli gciwane ekhwehlela noma ethimula, ngakho-ke kubalulekile ukuthi uzijwayeze nendlela yokuziphatha yokuphefumula (ngokwesibonelo, ngokukhwehlela endololwaneni egobile).
Njengamanje, ayikho imithi ethile yokugoma noma yokwelapha ye-COVID-19. Kodwa-ke, kunezinhlolo zomtholampilo eziningi eziqhubekayo ezihlola izindlela zokwelapha ezingase zibe khona. I-WHO izoqhubeka nokuhlinzeka ngolwazi olusha ngokushesha nje lapho okutholakele emitholampilo sekutholakala.
Isikhathi sokuthumela: Apr-03-2020