Kuchokera mu 1976, pakhala miliri 14 ya Ebola ku Democratic Republic of Congo. The zaposachedwa kwambiri zinali mu 2021, kutsatiridwa ndi 2020 pomwe kunachitika mliri womwe udawona milandu 140 ya matendawa, ndipo mu 2018, panali milandu 54 yolembedwa panthawiyi.
Kuphulika kwamakono mpaka pano kunakhudza mwamuna mmodzi (31) yemwe anayamba kusonyeza zizindikiro za Ebola pa April 5. Anayesa kudzisamalira yekha kunyumba asanapite kuchipatala kuti akalandire chithandizo pa April 21.
Ogwira ntchito zaumoyo adazindikira zizindikirozo ndikuyesa nthawi yomweyo kuti atsimikizire kuti ndi Ebola. Bamboyo adagonekedwa m'chipatala cha anthu odwala matenda a Ebola koma adamwalira tsiku lomwelo. Matendawa akugwira ntchito mwachangu ndipo nthawi zambiri amapha anthu omwe amafa kuyambira 25% mpaka 90% zomwe zimapangitsa kuti anthu azifa chifukwa cha miliri yam'mbuyomu.
Akuluakulu akuyesa kudziwa komwe kumayambitsa matendawa ndipo akudziwitsa anthu omwe angawathandize kuti awone thanzi lawo nthawi yomweyo pomwe malo omwe wodwalayo adalandirapo adapha tizilombo toyambitsa matenda. Anatero Bungwe la World Health Organisation (WHO) Mtsogoleri wa Chigawo cha Africa, Dr. Matshidiso Moeti:
"Nthawi sili kumbali yathu."
“Matendawa ayamba kwa milungu iwiri ndipo tsopano tikuchita masewera olimbitsa thupi. Nkhani yabwino ndiyakuti akuluakulu azaumoyo ku Democratic Republic of the Congo ali ndi chidziwitso chochuluka kuposa wina aliyense padziko lapansi pothana ndi kufalikira kwa Ebola mwachangu.
Mapulani ali mkati oyambitsa katemera wa Ebola yemwe akupezeka kale ku Goma ndi Kinshasa.
M’mawu a WHO, anamveketsa bwino kuti “katemera adzatumizidwa ku Mbandaka ndipo adzaperekedwa kudzera mu ‘ndondomeko ya katemera wa ring’i, kumene olumikizana ndi amene amalumikizana nawo amapatsidwa katemera kuti achepetse kufalikira kwa kachilomboka ndi kuteteza miyoyo.”
Dr. Moeti anafotokoza kuti: “Anthu ambiri ku Mbandaka alandira kale katemera wa Ebola, zomwe ziyenera kuthandiza kuchepetsa mphamvu ya matendawa. Onse omwe adalandira katemera panthawi ya mliri wa 2020 adzapatsidwanso katemerayu. ”
WHO yati wodwala womwalirayo adayikidwa m'manda motetezeka komanso mwaulemu.
ZOMWE MUNGACHITE PA NKHANIYI:
- Officials are trying to determine the source of the outbreak and are identifying contacts to monitor their health at the same time that the facility where the patient was treated is disinfected.
- In a WHO statement, it was clarified that “vaccines will be sent to Mbandaka and administered through ‘ring vaccination strategy,' where contacts and contacts of contacts are vaccinated to curb the spread of the virus and protect lives.
- The positive news is that health authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo have more experience than anyone else in the world at controlling Ebola outbreaks quickly.
