7月26日 コロナとコブラ＠スリランカ😊 by 犬課長🐶
こんにちは犬課長です。
最近、露天商やスーパーで目に付くのはフレッシュな果物。7月はランブータン、ドリアン、マンゴスチンの季節が重なり、あたしは毎日フルーツ三昧の日を送っているのだ．．まさに天からの恵み！嬉しい毎日だワン🐶
例年なら車に乗って産地で、ランブータン、マンゴスチン狩りやドリヤン狩りに行くんだけど、今年は武漢ウイルスの蔓延で、いまだに州ごとの移動は制限されて遠出はちょっと無理．．
「コロナ」も困ったものだけど、「コブラ」も困ったもの．．なになに「コブラ」って！？そうあの有名な毒蛇の事ですワン。
先週の記事にのっぴきならない話があったけど、どうもコロナで病院に行ったら病棟にコブラ君🐍が「ちわっす！」と入って来たらしいの．．コブラ君が訪れてくるとはね～～今までこの病棟には、他にも動物が訪問していたらしいけど、さすがにコブラ君は初めてとの事．．大自然満載のスリランカだけど驚いたワン🐶ね～。
コブラ君が訪問したのは、コロンボ中心地コロンボ国立病院、「病棟のスタッフと患者さん達は驚きと恐怖に包まれた」という．．コブラ君🐍は威嚇する時、「シュッ～」と恐ろしい毒蛇特有の音をたて暴れるので、その時のパニックの程は相当なものだったようよ．．ちなみに大捕物の末、病院の警備員に犠牲者が出ることなく捕まえられ瓶詰めにされて一安心。
この後、動物保護団体に電話をして引き取り先を探すのが、いかにも慈愛に満ちたスリランカらしいとこ。残念ながら引き取り先が見つからず、郊外の森に逃がしたとの事だけど、コブラ君、コブラ酒にされず良かったね💗 「生きとし生けるものは全て幸せであれ」というお釈迦様の言葉が国民に浸透してるんだワン🐶
【現地紙Daily Mirror 原文】
The sudden appearance of a cobra inside the Accident Ward of the Colombo National Hospital made all staff and patients jump in surprise and fear today.
Chief Nurse of the Colombo National Hospital, Pushpa Ramyani De Soysa said that security officers at the hospital had taken great efforts to capture the cobra before anyone was bitten.
“The cobra suddenly appeared in our accident unit. We put him safely in a bottle. A hole was made in the bottle to make it easier to breathe. After that we called the relevant places to receive the animals but no one came forward so in the end, a friend of ours finally agreed to take the cobra to a forest away from Colombo,” she said.
She said although cats and several animals had appeared in the hospital before, this was the first time that a cobra appeared inside a ward.
She said that they had no idea how it was found there.
もう一つ、これも先週の記事だけど、世界で猛威をふるう、あのデルタ型がじわじわと全国的に広がっているらしいの．．まだ70人程だけど、政府は「これは特定のサンプルから得られたものに過ぎない」と事実上、全国にかなりの数が蔓延していると示唆しているの．．
先週は日本もオリンピック連休だったらしいけど、スリランカもポヤデー祝日（満月の日）とイスラム・ハジ祝日があって、祝日ムードで先週末はホテルやビーチは大賑わい．．もちろんソーシャルディスタンスなど守らていないし、マスクをしてない人も多数．．
まだ風のある野外をお散歩するので少しはましだけど、彼らの風下を歩く時などドキドキものよ😊．．動物園のライオン君など感染してるしね、あたしも気を付けなきゃ．．賑やかな事の大好きなスリランカの人達は、デルタであろうがラムダであろうが関係ないのかもね．．リスクはあるのは分っていても、楽しい事には「どうにも止まらないリンダちゃん」ですワンワン🐶
医療専門家の話では、今も武漢ウイルス感染者は増えている一方、医療現場もフル活動して疲弊している中でのデルタ型の広がりは、医療崩壊も招きかねないと強く懸念してる様子．．スリランカの病院に入院するのは、コブラも出てきて怖いじゃない😊．．ということで、お散歩以外はもっぱら在宅しているのが一番ですワン🐶
あたしのお兄さん、よく手洗いとウガイを忘れるので、良く言っておかなきゃね．．💗
【現地紙Daily Mirror 原文】
Sri Lanka’s health system has been exhausted as almost all hospitals have run out of beds to treat the rising number of patients infected with the Delta variant of the COVID-19, the Daily Mirror learns.
Hospitals are functioning at maximum capacity while the need for oxygen has also risen considerably, leading to fears if the continuous demand of oxygen can be met. According to sources, some of the big national hospitals have sought assistance from the base hospitals to transfer patients, but they have been informed that base hospitals are also functioning at full capacity. Doctors fear the worst in the coming days as the Delta variant seems to have spread in more areas than what is being reported.
Still talks of a lockdown have not been placed on the table, but some medical experts believe that if the health system remains exhausted and if a higher number of patients continue to be infected by superspreaders, then an appeal may be made to shut down the country again. However, many officials believe this is not a practical option considering that Sri Lanka is just recovering from over a month-long islandwide travel restriction.
People, above the age of 30 years have been urged to get vaccinated, but there have been cases of fully vaccinated people also being infected with the COVID-19. However the symptoms in these patients noted so far, are mild and not severe.
“We need to prepare for this wave as there may be superspreaders of the Delta variant.we urge people to follow all health protocols and avoid gathering in public and strictly follow the guidelines. Do not let your guard down,” a senior health official said.
Sri Lanka is jabbing close to 200,000 to 300,000 people per day but 600,000 people in the worst affected Western Province still await their second doses of the Astrazeneca. The government which earlier announced that over 1 million doses would arrive from Japan through the WHO’S Covax facility on July 21, now say that the shipment may arrive later next week. No confirmed date has been given.the CMC has assured that those in the Colombo Municipal Council limits will receive their doses as soon as their stocks arrive.
Among the 600,000 are those working in the corporate sector as well as the business community who desperately await their second jabs amidst the wave caused by the Delta variant.
The Health Ministry yesterday announced that the number of people infected with the Delta variant had risen to 68, but health officials say these are only from certain samples.
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