Afrika y’epfo: Umuntu wa mbere yagaragaweho Coronavirus

Ibi bitumye umubare w'abamaze gutangazwa ko banduye coronavirus ku mugabane w'Afurika bagera kuri 27. Algeria ni yo yugarijwe cyane, irimo abarwayi 17, igakurikirwa na Sénégal irimo abarwayi bane.

Uwo mugabo n'umugore we bo muri Afurika y'Epfo, bafite abana babiri, bari mu itsinda ry'abantu 10 basubiye muri Afurika y'Epfo bavuye mu Butaliyani ku itariki ya mbere y'uku kwezi kwa gatatu, nkuko byavuzwe na Zweli Mkhize, Minisitiri w'ubuzima w'Afurika y'Epfo.

Bwana Mkhize yavuze ko itsinda ry'abaganga boherejwe mu ntara ya KwaZulu-Natal mu burasirazuba bw'igihugu mu gutahura abantu bagize aho bahurira n'uwo mugabo n'umuganga.

Mu gihe hari abantu bacye bamaze gusanganwa coronavirus muri Afurika, leta zo kuri uyu mugabane zabonye umwanya w'ingenzi w'inyongera wo gutegura ibikoresho byo kuyipima no kuyivura, nkuko umunyamakuru wa BBC Andrew Harding abivuga.

Ariko hari impungenge z'umwihariko ko muri Afurika y'Epfo - ha mbere ku isi hari ubwandu bwinshi bwa virusi ya HIV/VIH itera SIDA - ubwirinzi bw'umubiri bw'abaturage babarirwa muri za miliyoni bwamaze gucika intege, bushobora gushegeshwa kurushaho n'ubu bwoko bundi bwa virusi, nkuko uwo munyamakuru wa BBC uriyo abivuga.

Gutahura abari mu Bushinwa

Abandi bategetsi bo muri Afurika y'Epfo bavuze ko abandi baturage babiri b'iki gihugu bari bajyanwe mu bitaro mu Buyapani kubera coronavirus borohewe ndetse bazasubira iwabo vuba aha.

Uwo mugabo n'umugore we bari bashyizwe mu bitaro mu Buyapani nyuma yo gukurwa mu bwato Diamond Princess bwari burimo n'abarwaye coronavirus, buparitswe ku cyambu cyo muri icyo gihugu, bakaba barakoraga muri ubwo bwato.

Mu kwezi kwa mbere, abantu bari muri ubwo bwato bashyizwe mu kato bwa mbere ubwo umugenzi wabuviriyemo muri Hong Kong bamusanganaga coronavirus.

Leta y'Afurika y'Epfo yavuze ko iri "mu cyiciro gikataje" aho ifite gahunda yo gutahura abaturage bayo bari mu mujyi wa Wuhan mu Bushinwa, uwo mujyi ukaba ari ryo zingiro rya coronavirus.

Itangazo rya leta y'Afurika y'Epfo rigira riti: "Abantu bose hamwe 184 bakomoka muri Afurika y'Epfo bagaragaje ko bashaka gutahukanwa".