Abaphandi beYunivesithi yaseHong Kong baphuhlise intsimbi yokuqala yehlabathi ebulala intsholongwane ye-Covid-19.

Iqela le-HKU lifumanise ukuba intsimbi engacocekanga equlathe umxholo ophezulu wobhedu inokubulala i-coronavirus kumphezulu wayo kwiiyure nje ezimbalwa, abathi inokunceda ukunciphisa umngcipheko wosulelo ngengozi.

Iqela elivela kwiSebe le-HKU leSebe lobuNjineli boBuchwephesha kunye neZiko loKhuseleko kunye noSulelo lichithe iminyaka emibini livavanya ukongezwa kwesilivere kunye nesiqulatho sobhedu kwintsimbi engenasici kunye nefuthe layo kwi-Covid-19.

I-coronavirus yenoveli inokuhlala kwindawo eqhelekileyo yentsimbi engenanto nasemva kweentsuku ezimbini, ibeka "umngcipheko omkhulu wosulelo lwentsholongwane ngokuchukumisa umphezulu kwiindawo zikawonke-wonke," utshilo iqelaIjenali yobuNjineli beMichiza.

Intsimbi esanda kuveliswa ene-20 yeepesenti yobhedu inokunciphisa i-99.75 yeepesenti yeentsholongwane ze-Covid-19 kumphezulu wayo kwiiyure ezintathu kunye neepesenti ezingama-99.99 phakathi kwezintandathu, abaphandi bafumanise.Isenokwenza intsholongwane ye-H1N1 kunye ne-E.coli ingasebenzi kumphezulu wayo.

“Iintsholongwane zePathogen ezifana ne-H1N1 kunye ne-SARS-CoV-2 zibonisa uzinzo olulungileyo kumphezulu wesilivere esulungekileyo kunye nentsimbi equlathe ubhedu ekumgangatho ophantsi wobhedu kodwa zicinywe ngokukhawuleza kumphezulu wobhedu olusulungekileyo kunye nentsimbi equlathe ubhedu ekumgangatho ophezulu wobhedu. , "Utshilo u-Huang Mingxin, okhokele uphando kwiSebe le-HKU lobuNjineli boMechanical kunye neZiko loKhuseleko kunye noSulelo.

Iqela lophando lizamile ukosula utywala kumphezulu we-anti-Covid-19 yensimbi engenasici kwaye yafumanisa ukuba ayitshintshi ukusebenza kwayo.Bafake i-patent yeziphumo zophando ekulindeleke ukuba zamkelwe kwisithuba sonyaka.

Njengoko umxholo wobhedu usasazwa ngokulinganayo kwi-anti-Covid-19 yensimbi engenasici, umkrwelo okanye umonakalo kumphezulu wawo awuzukuchaphazela amandla ayo okubulala iintsholongwane, utshilo.

Abaphandi baye banxibelelana namaqabane ezoshishino ukuvelisa iiprototypes zeemveliso zensimbi ezingenasici ezifana namaqhosha okuphakamisa, ii-doorknobs kunye ne-handrails kwiimvavanyo ezingaphezulu kunye nezilingo.

“Intsimbi ekhoyo ngoku ye-anti-Covid-19 inokuveliswa ngobuninzi kusetyenziswa ubuchwephesha obusele bukhona.Banokutshintsha ezinye zeemveliso zentsimbi engenasiphene ezihlala zichukunyiswa kwiindawo zoluntu ukunciphisa umngcipheko wokosuleleka ngengozi kwaye balwe ubhubhane we-Covid-19, utshilo u-Huang.

Kodwa uthe kunzima ukuqikelela ixabiso kunye nexabiso lokuthengisa i-anti-Covid-19 yensimbi engenasici, njengoko iya kuxhomekeka kwimfuno kunye nobuninzi bobhedu olusetyenziswa kwimveliso nganye.

U-Leo Poon Lit-man, ovela kwiZiko le-HKU loKhuseleko kunye noSulelo lwe-LKS Faculty of Medicine, okhokele iqela lophando, uthe uphando lwabo alukhange luphande umgaqo ongemva kwendlela umxholo wobhedu onokuthi ubulale ngayo i-Covid-19.