Sekutholakale abanye abantu abayisithupha abanesifo se-Mpox, okwenza isibalo sabagulayo safinyelela ku-13.
Abantu abayisikhombisa kulaba baqinisekisiwe KwaZulu-Natal, amahlanu eGauteng nelilodwa eWestern Cape.
Lokhu njengoba umnyango kazwelonke uthole iqoqo lokuqala lokwelashwa okuqondene ne-Mpox, i-Tecovirimat, eyaziwa nangokuthi i-TPOXX noma i-ST-246, yokwelapha iziguli ezihlangabezana nezinkinga zempilo ezimbi kakhulu.
Uhlelo lokuthola ukwelashwa okwengeziwe, okuhlanganisa nomgomo, luyaqhubeka uma kwenzeka kuba nesidingo, kusho umkhulumeli womnyango uFoster Mohale.
Zonke izifo ezithambile zizoqhubeka nokulawulwa ngokwelashwa okusekelayo okusetshenziselwa ukuphatha izinkinga ezifana nomkhuhlane, inyumoniya kanye nezifo zesikhumba, esho.
Ezigulini zokuqala eziyisithupha, isikhungo sezempilo iBhekisisa sithe zidinga ukulaliswa esibhedlela, njengoba zonke zinegciwane lengculazi futhi iningi lazo bezingayisebenzisi imishanguzo yokuthithibalisa leli gciwane.
“Abantu abanegciwane lengculazi abadla imishanguzo yokuthithibalisa igciwane lengculazi, futhi badle ngendlela efanele, banezivikeli mzimba ezinhle. Kodwa cishe ingxenye yesine, noma 2-million, yabantu baseNingizimu Afrika abalinganiselwa ezigidini ezingu-7.8 abangenwe i-HIV abatholi imishanguzo. Laba bantu basemathubeni amaningi okuthi bagcine belaliswe esibhedlela ngeMpox uma kuqhathaniswa nomphakathi,” kusho umbiko.
Umnyango unxuse bonke abantu kungakhathalekile ubulili, ubudala kanye nobulili abasolakala ukuthi banezimpawu ze-Mpox, noma abathintana ngokomzimba namacala aziwayo, ukuba baye esikhungweni sezempilo ukuze bahlolwe “ngoba noma ngubani angangenwa yilesi sifo esingagwemeka nesiyelaphekayo”.
UMohale uthe ukuhlanzeka kwezandla kungenye yezindlela zokuvikela abantu ekuguleni nasekuvimbeleni ukusulelana ngezifo.
Izimpawu ezijwayelekile zeMpox zihlanganisa ukuqubuka okungase kuhlale amasonto amabili kuya kwamane, umkhuhlane, ikhanda elibuhlungu, ubuhlungu bemisipha, ubuhlungu beqolo, ukuncipha kwamandla nezindlala ezivuvukele (lymph nodes). Ukuqubuka okubuhlungu kubukeka njengamabhamuza noma izilonda, futhi kungathinta ubuso, izintende zezandla, izinyawo zezinyawo kanye ne-groin.