Abaphenyi baseNyuvesi yaseHong Kong benze insimbi yokuqala engagqwali emhlabeni ebulala igciwane le-Covid-19.

Ithimba le-HKU lithole ukuthi insimbi engagqwali equkethe ithusi ephezulu ingabulala i-coronavirus ebusweni bayo emahoreni ambalwa, abathi ingasiza ukunciphisa ingozi yokutheleleka ngengozi.

Ithimba elivela eMnyangweni Wezobunjiniyela Bemishini ye-HKU kanye Nesikhungo Sokuvikeleka Nokutheleleka lichithe iminyaka emibili lihlola ukungezwa kokuqukethwe kwesiliva nethusi kunsimbi engagqwali kanye nomthelela wako ku-Covid-19.

I-coronavirus yenoveli ingahlala endaweni evamile yensimbi engagqwali ngisho nangemva kwezinsuku ezimbili, ibeka "ingozi enkulu yokudluliselwa kwegciwane ngokuthinta indawo ezindaweni zomphakathi," kusho ithimba esitatimendeni.I-Chemical Engineering Journal.

Insimbi engagqwali esanda kukhiqizwa enamaphesenti angama-20 yethusi inganciphisa amaphesenti angama-99.75 wamagciwane e-Covid-19 ebusweni bayo kungakapheli amahora amathathu namaphesenti angama-99.99 kungakapheli ayisithupha, abacwaningi bathole.Ingenza futhi igciwane le-H1N1 kanye ne-E.coli endaweni yayo.

“Amagciwane e-pathogen afana ne-H1N1 ne-SARS-CoV-2 abonisa ukuzinza okuhle ebusweni besiliva elihlanzekile nensimbi engenasici equkethe ithusi yokuqukethwe kwethusi eliphansi kodwa acishwa ngokushesha phezu kwethusi elimsulwa nensimbi engenasici enethusi yokuqukethwe kwethusi okuphezulu. ,” kusho u-Huang Mingxin, obehola ucwaningo oluvela eMnyangweni Wezobunjiniyela Bemishini we-HKU kanye neSikhungo Sokungavikeleki Nokutheleleka.

Ithimba labacwaningi lizamile ukusula utshwala phezu kwe-anti-Covid-19 stainless steel lathola ukuthi akushintshi ukusebenza kwalo.Bafake ilungelo lobunikazi lokutholwa kocwaningo okulindeleke ukuthi kuvunywe ungakapheli unyaka.

Njengoba okuqukethwe kwethusi kusatshalaliswa ngokulinganayo ngaphakathi kwensimbi engagqwali ye-anti-Covid-19, ukuklwebheka noma ukulimala endaweni yayo nakho ngeke kuphazamise amandla ayo okubulala amagciwane, kusho yena.

Abacwaningi bebelokhu bexoxisana nozakwethu bezimboni ukuze benze ama-prototypes emikhiqizo yensimbi engagqwali njengezinkinobho zokuphakamisa, imishuqulo yezicabha nezinsimbi ukuze kuhlolwe futhi kuhlolwe.

“Insimbi engagqwali ekhona manje elwa ne-Covid-19 ingakhiqizwa ngobuningi kusetshenziswa ubuchwepheshe obukhona kakade.Bangashintsha eminye yemikhiqizo yensimbi engenasici evame ukuthintwa ezindaweni zomphakathi ukuze kwehliswe ingozi yokutheleleka ngengozi futhi kuliwe nobhubhane lwe-Covid-19, ”kusho u-Huang.

Kodwa uthe kunzima ukulinganisa izindleko kanye nentengo yokuthengisa ye-anti-Covid-19 yensimbi engagqwali, njengoba izoncika esidingweni kanye nenani lethusi elisetshenziswa emkhiqizweni ngamunye.

U-Leo Poon Lit-man, we-HKU's Center for Immunity and Infection of the LKS Faculty of Medicine, ohole ithimba labacwaningi, uthe ucwaningo lwabo alukaphenyi umgomo wokuthi okuqukethwe kwethusi okuphezulu kungabulala kanjani i-Covid-19.