Ukunqongophala kweZixhobo zoKhuseleko eziBek' engozini abasebenzi bezeMpilo kwihlabathi liphela

I-WHO ihlaba ikhwelo kumashishini kunye noorhulumente ukuba banyuse imveliso ngeepesenti ezingama-40 ukuhlangabezana neemfuno ezikhulayo zehlabathi

Umbutho wezeMpilo weHlabathi ulumkise ukuba ukuphazamiseka okumandla kunye nokunyukayo kubonelelo lwehlabathi lwezixhobo zokuzikhusela (PPE) - okubangelwa kukwanda kwemfuno, ukoyika ukuthenga, ukugcina imali kunye nokusetyenziswa kakubi - kubeka ubomi emngciphekweni kwi-coronavirus entsha kunye nezinye izifo ezosulelayo.

Abasebenzi bezempilo baxhomekeke kwizixhobo zokuzikhusela ukuze bazikhusele bona kunye nezigulana zabo ekubeni bosuleleke kwaye bosulele abanye.

Kodwa ukunqongophala kushiya ogqirha, abongikazi kunye nabanye abasebenzi abangaphambili bengaxhotyiswanga kakuhle ukukhathalela abaguli be-COVID-19, ngenxa yokufikelela okulinganiselweyo kwizinto ezinje ngeeglavu, iimaski zonyango, iziphefumli, iiglavu, amakhaka obuso, igawuni, kunye neefaskoti.

“Ngaphandle kwamakhonkco obonelelo akhuselekileyo, umngcipheko kubasebenzi bezempilo kwihlabathi liphela uyinyani. Umzi-mveliso kunye noorhulumente kufuneka basebenze ngokukhawuleza ukonyusa unikezelo, banciphise izithintelo zokuthumela ngaphandle kwaye babeke amanyathelo okuphelisa intelekelelo kunye nokugcina imali. Asinakuyeka i-COVID-19 ngaphandle kokukhusela abasebenzi bezempilo kuqala, utshilo uMlawuli-Jikelele we-WHO uGqirha Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.

Ukusukela oko kwaqala ukuqhambuka kwe-COVID-19, amaxabiso anyukile. Iimaski zotyando zibone ukonyuka okuphindwe kathandathu, ii-N95 respirators ziye zaphindaphindeka kwaye iigawuni ziphindwe kabini.

Ubonelelo lunokuthatha iinyanga ukuziswa kwaye ukuqhathwa kwemarike kuxhaphakile, kunye nesitokhwe esihlala sithengiselwa oyena mthengi uphakamileyo.

I-WHO ukuza kuthi ga ngoku ithumele phantse isiqingatha sesigidi sezixhobo zokuzikhusela kumazwe angama-47, * kodwa ezi zinto ziyaphela ngokukhawuleza.

Ngokusekwe kwimodeli ye-WHO, kuqikelelwa ukuba zizigidi ezingama-89 zeemaski zonyango ezifunekayo kwimpendulo ye-COVID-19 nyanga nganye. Kwiiglavu zovavanyo, elo nani linyukela kwi-76 yezigidi, ngelixa imfuno yamazwe ngamazwe yeeglavu imi kwi-1.6 yezigidi ngenyanga.

Ukhokelo lwakutsha nje lwe-WHO lufuna ukusetyenziswa okunengqiqo nokufanelekileyo kwePPE kwizicwangciso zokhathalelo lwempilo, kunye nolawulo olusebenzayo lwamakhonkco obonelelo.

I-WHO isebenza kunye noorhulumente, ishishini kunye neNethiwekhi yokuNikezela ngeNtsholongwane yoBonelelo ukunyusa imveliso kunye nolwabiwo olukhuselekileyo lwamazwe achaphazelekayo nasemngciphekweni.

Ukuze kuhlangatyezwane nemfuno ekhulayo yehlabathi, iWHO iqikelela ukuba ishishini kufuneka linyuse imveliso ngeepesenti ezingama-40.

Oorhulumente kufuneka baphuhlise inkuthazo ukwenzela ukuba ishishini linyuse imveliso. Oku kubandakanya ukunciphisa imiqobo ekuthumeleni ngaphandle kunye nokusasazwa kwezixhobo zokhuselo lobuqu kunye nezinye izixhobo zonyango.

Yonke imihla, i-WHO ibonelela ngesikhokelo, ixhasa ikhonkco lokubonelela ngokukhuselekileyo, kunye nokuhambisa izixhobo ezibalulekileyo kumazwe anesidingo.

NOTE TO EDITORS

Ukusukela oko kwaqala ukuqhambuka kwe-COVID-19, amazwe afumene iimpahla ze-WHO PPE abandakanya:

· Ummandla weNtshona yePasifiki: ICambodia, iFiji, iKiribati, iLao People's Democratic Republic, iMongolia, iNauru, iPapua New Guinea, iSamoa, iiSolomon Islands, iTonga, iVanuatu kunye nePhilippines

Ummandla osemazantsi mpuma Asia: Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal kunye neTimor-Leste

Ummandla weMpuma yeMeditera: Afghanistan, Djibouti, Lebanon, Somalia, Pakistan, Sudan, Jordan, Morocco and Iran

· Ummandla weAfrika: Senegal, Algeria, Ethiopia, Togo, Ivory Coast, Mauritius, Nigeria, Uganda, Tanzania, Angola, Ghana, Kenya, Zambia, Equatorial Guinea, Gambia, Madagascar, Mauritania, Mozambique, Seychelles naseZimbabwe