Umuyobozi Mukuru w’Ikigo Nyafurika gishinzwe Kurwanya no Kwirinda Indwara (Africa CDC), Dr Jean Kaseya, yatangaje ko uyu mugabo yapfiriye i Buta, umurwa mukuru wa Bas-Uélé, nyuma yo kuhagera avuye i Isiro, muri Haut-Uélé.
Jean-Jacques Muyembe, uyobora Ikigo cy’Igihugu gishinzwe Ubushakashatsi ku Buzima (INRB) muri RDC, yavuze ko uwo mugabo yakoraga akazi ko gutwara abantu kuri moto. Yari yarivuje mu bitaro bitandukanye mbere y’uko apfa.
Nyuma y’urupfu rwe, bamwe mu bo bakoranaga bagerageje gufata ku ngufu umurambo we, bituma polisi itabara. Ibi byateje impungenge ko abantu benshi bashobora kuba barahuye n’iyi virusi.
Intara esheshatu zimaze kwibasirwa
Kugeza ubu, Ebola imaze kugaragara mu ntara esheshatu kuri 26 zigize RDC. Ni Ituri, Haut-Uélé, Tshopo, Kivu y’Amajyaruguru, Kivu y’Amajyepfo na Bas-Uélé.
Intara ya Ituri ni yo yibasiwe cyane, kuko igizwe n’abagera kuri 90% by’abanduye ndetse na 80% by’abahitanywe n’iki cyorezo, nk’uko Ishami ry’Umuryango w’Abibumbye ryita ku Buzima (WHO) ryabitangaje.
Imibare ya Leta ya RDC igaragaza ko abarenga 4,500 bamaze kwandura Ebola, mu gihe abarenga 2,100 bamaze guhitanwa na yo.
WHO ivuga ko iki cyorezo kiri gukura ku muvuduko udasanzwe, ku buryo gishobora kurenga icyorezo cya Ebola cyabayeho muri Afurika y’Iburengerazuba hagati ya 2014 na 2016, cyahitanye abantu barenga 11,000.
Abakozi b’ubuzima barigaragambya
Guhangana n’iki cyorezo biragorana kubera ibibazo bitandukanye birimo kutishyura abakozi b’ubuzima, umutekano muke, imihanda mibi ndetse n’imyemerere y’ibihuha bituma bamwe mu baturage batemera ko Ebola ibaho.
Ku wa Kane, abakozi b’ubuzima bo ku kigo Nizi Treatment Center, giherereye muri Ituri, batangiye imyigaragambyo bavuga ko bamaze amezi atatu badahembwa. Ibi byatumye icyo kigo gifunga imiryango by’agateganyo.
Dr Jean Kaseya yasabye Leta ya RDC kwishyura abakozi b’ubuzima imishahara ibabereyemo, avuga ko ari inshingano za Leta kandi ko amafaranga yo kubikora ahari.
Ebola ishobora kuba yaratangiriye mbere
Nubwo icyorezo cya Ebola cyatangajwe ku mugaragaro ku wa 15 Gicurasi 2026, WHO ivuga ko ubushakashatsi bwakozwe ku turemangingo tw’iyi virusi bwerekanye ko gishobora kuba cyaratangiye gukwirakwira kuva muri Gashyantare 2026.
Abashinzwe ubuzima bavuga ko hagati ya 60% na 70% by’abandura bashya ari abantu batari mu rutonde rw’abakurikiranwa nk’abahuye n’abanduye.
Umuyobozi wa WHO mu karere ka Afurika, Dr Mohamed Yakub Janabi, yavuze ko abashinzwe kurwanya Ebola ubu basa n’abiruka inyuma yayo, kuko ikwirakwira vuba kurusha ubushobozi bwo gukurikirana abahuye n’abanduye.
Harimo kugeragezwa imiti n’inkingo
Kugeza ubu, nta rukingo cyangwa umuti byemejwe ku mugaragaro byihariye kuvura Ebola iterwa na Bundibugyo virus, ari yo iri gutera iki cyorezo.
Nubwo bimeze bityo, ubushakashatsi ku miti ibiri ishobora kuvura ubu bwoko bwa Ebola bwatangiye mu kwezi gushize muri Ituri. Hari kandi inkingo ebyiri zakozwe zihariye kuri Bundibugyo virus zatangiye kugeragezwa ku bantu bwa mbere.
WHO kandi irateganya kugenzura niba urukingo rwa Ervebo, rusanzwe rukoreshwa mu kurwanya Ebola yo mu bwoko bwa Zaire, rushobora kugira uruhare mu kurinda abantu ubu bwoko bwa Ebola.
Dr Kaseya yavuze ko Africa CDC ishyigikiye gutekereza ku ikoreshwa rya Ervebo mu ntara zugarijwe na Bundibugyo, hashingiwe ku bushakashatsi bwerekana ko rushobora gutanga ubwirinzi ku buryo runaka.
Iki cyorezo gikomeje gutera impungenge kubera umuvuduko gikomeje gukwirakwizwaho, ibibazo by’umutekano n’imibereho y’abaturage ndetse n’ubushobozi buke bwo gukurikirana abantu bose bashobora kuba barahuye n’abanduye.