I-China ibhekene nokuqubuka kwesifo sokuphefumula esidalwe yi-coronavirus yenoveli (eqanjwe ngokuthi “2019-nCoV”) eyatholwa okokuqala eWuhan City, eSifundazweni saseHubei, eChina futhi esaqhubeka nokukhula. Sinikezwe ukuqonda ukuthi ama-coronavirus awumndeni omkhulu wamagciwane avamile ezinhlotsheni eziningi zezilwane, okuhlanganisa amakamela, izinkomo, amakati namalulwane. Akuvamile ukuthi ama-coronavirus ezilwane athelele abantu bese esakazeka phakathi kwabantu abanjengo-MERS, SARS, futhi manje ngo-2019-nCoV. Njengezwe elikhulu elinomthwalo wemfanelo, iChina ibisebenza kanzima ukulwa ne-coronavirus ngenkathi ivimbela ukusabalala kwayo.

IWuhan, idolobha elinabantu abayizigidi eziyi-11, ibivaliwe kusukela ngoJanuwari 23, izithuthi zomphakathi zimisiwe, imigwaqo ephuma edolobheni ivaliwe nezindiza zikhanseliwe. Khonamanjalo, ezinye izigodi sezibeke imigoqo ukuze abantu bangaphandle bangene. Njengamanje, ngikholwa ukuthi lokhu kungolunye uvivinyo lwe-China kanye nomphakathi womhlaba ngemuva kwe-SARS. Ngemuva kokuqubuka kwalesi sifo, i-China yahlonza i-pathogen ngesikhathi esifushane futhi yabelana ngayo ngokushesha, okuholele ekuthuthukisweni okusheshayo kwamathuluzi okuxilonga. Lokhu kusinikeze ukuzethemba okukhulu ukulwa nenyumoniya ebangelwa amagciwane.

Esimeni esinzima kangaka, ukuze kuqedwe igciwane ngokushesha ngangokunokwenzeka futhi kuqinisekiswe ukuphepha kwezimpilo zabantu, uhulumeni uthathe uchungechunge lwezinyathelo ezibalulekile zokulawula. Isikole sibambezele ukuqala kwesikole, futhi izinkampani eziningi zengeze iholide loMkhosi waseNtwasahlobo. Lezi zinyathelo zithathwe ukusiza ukulawula ukuqubuka. Sicela uhlale ukhumbula ukuthi impilo yakho nokuphepha kuyinto ebaluleke kakhulu kuwena naku-Academy futhi, futhi lesi isinyathelo sokuqala okufanele sonke sisithathe ukuze sibe yingxenye yomzamo wethu ohlanganyelwe wokubhekana nale nselele. Lapho ebhekene nalolu bhubhane kungazelelwe, amaShayina aphesheya kwezilwandle aphendule ngobuqotho ekuqubukeni kwenoveli ye-coronavirus eChina njengoba isibalo samacala angenwe yileli gciwane siqhubeka nokukhuphuka. Njengoba ukuqubuka kwalesi sifo kuholele ekwenyukeni kwesidingo sempahla yezokwelapha, amaShayina aphesheya kwezilwandle ahlele iminikelo emikhulu yalabo abadinga usizo oluphuthumayo ekhaya.

Ngaleso sikhathi, izinkulungwane zamasudi okuzivikela kanye nemaski wezokwelapha zithunyelwe eChina ngabanikazi bamabhizinisi. Sibonga kakhulu kulaba bantu abanomusa abenza yonke imizamo yokulwa nokusabalala kwegciwane. Njengoba sazi ubuso bomphakathi bemizamo yaseChina yokulawula uhlobo olusha lwe-coronavirus udokotela oneminyaka engama-83. UZhong Nanshan unguchwepheshe wezifo zokuphefumula. Waduma eminyakeni engu-17 edlule “ngokuqunga isibindi sokukhuluma” ekulweni ne-Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, eyaziwa nangokuthi i-SARS. Ngikholelwa ukuthi umuthi wokugomela inoveli we-coronavirus okungenani kusasele inyanga ngaphansi kobuholi bakhe kanye nosizo lomphakathi wamazwe omhlaba.

Njengomsebenzi wezohwebo wamazwe ngamazwe e-Wuhan, umsuka walolu bhubhane, ngikholwa ukuthi lolu bhubhane luzolawuleka ngokugcwele maduze ngoba i-China iyizwe elikhulu nelinomthwalo wemfanelo. Bonke abasebenzi bethu basebenza ku-inthanethi ekhaya manje.