Chenjezo la Maulendo: Mayiko a East Africa atulutsa zidziwitso zakupha za Ebola

Maiko aku East Africa omwe ali m'malire ndi Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) adapereka chenjezo kwa nzika, alendo komanso alendo omwe akuyitanitsa derali kuti ateteze kwambiri kufalikira kwa kachilombo koyambitsa matenda opatsirana ka Ebola kamene kananenedwa ku Bikoro, m'chigawo cha Equateur ku Democratic Republic of Congo.

Matendawa adapha anthu 17 ku Congo masiku asanu apitawa. Ebola nthawi zambiri imapha ngati singalandire mankhwala ndipo imapha pafupifupi 50% malinga ndi World Health Organisation.

Akatswiri azaumoyo adati kachilombo koopsa ka Ebola kamafala kwa anthu kudzera mwa kukhudzana mwachindunji ndi nyama zamtchire ndikufalikira kudzera mwa munthu kupita kwa munthu.

Vuto lowopsa la Ebola lidanenedwa koyamba m'maiko aku Africa pafupi ndi River Congo mu 1976 koma milandu yake yayikulu idanenedwa mzaka zaposachedwa atamwalira angapo.

Wowonongedwa ndi nkhondo zapachiweniweni, Democratic Republic of Congo akuti ndiye gwero la kachilombo koyambitsa matenda a Ebola komwe kamachokera ku anyani omwe amafalikira kwa anthu. Anthu aku Congo amasaka gorilla, chimpanzi ndi anyani ngati nyama yamtchire.

Tanzania ndi maiko ena ku Africa omwe ali m'malire ndi Congo abwezeretsanso kuwunika kwa onse apaulendo polowera ndikuchenjeza nzika kukhala tcheru.

Kuopsa kwa thanzi la anthu kudera lonse la East Africa kumakhalabe kwakukulu osati kokha chifukwa cha kufooka kwamkati kwadongosolo lazaumoyo ku Congo kuti likhale ndi kachilomboka, komanso kuwonongeka kwa malire.

Unduna wa Zaumoyo ku Tanzania Ummy Mwalimu wachenjeza anthu okhala mdera lakumalire ndi Congo, nati boma la Tanzania likuyang'anira zochitika za Ebola mosamala kwambiri kuti pasapezeke mwayi woti matendawa afalikire m'malire.

Nduna ya Zaumoyo ku Kenya a Sicily Kariuki ati akatswiri azaumoyo atumizidwa kumalire onse kuti akawonetse anthu onse omwe akulowa mdziko la East Africa ngati angapeze zizindikiro za matenda a Ebola.

Anatinso boma la Kenya lakhazikitsa National Health Emergency Council, yomwe ili ndi udindo woteteza kufalikira kwa kachilombo koyambitsa matenda a Ebola mdziko lino lapaulendo waku Africa.

Ngakhale sichili pachiwopsezo chachikulu poyerekeza ndi oyandikana nawo, Kenya ili ndi gulu lalikulu la apaulendo ochokera ku Congo kudzera m'malire ake olowera Busia ndi Malaba kudutsa malire a Uganda.

Jomo Kenyatta International Airport ndiye malo olowera kwambiri kwa apaulendo ochokera ku Congo komwe Kenya Airways imagwira ndege pakati pa Nairobi ndi Lubumbashi.

Lubumbashi ndiye mzinda wachiwiri waukulu ku Congo wodziwika kuti likulu la migodi lomwe limakhala ndi Makampani akuluakulu amigodi.

M'masabata asanu apitawa, kwakhala pali anthu 21 omwe akuganiziridwa kuti ali ndi kachilombo koyambitsa matendawa m'magazi ndi madera ozungulira Ikoko Iponge ku Congo kuphatikiza anthu 17 akufa. Mliri womaliza wa Ebola udachitika mu 2017 ku Likati Health Zone, m'chigawo cha Bas Uele, kumpoto kwa dzikolo ndipo adapezeka mwachangu.

Mu 2014, anthu opitilira 11,300 makamaka ku Guinea, Sierra Leone ndi Liberia adaphedwa ndi mliri woyipa kwambiri wa Ebola, zomwe zidakhudza kwambiri gawo la zokopa alendo ku Africa pomwe apaulendo adaletsa maulendo awo opita ku Africa.

Kugwiritsa ntchito mankhwala anyani akuwerengedwa kuti ndi komwe kumayambitsa matenda a Ebola m'maiko aku Africa omwe ali m'malire ndi Equator, makamaka ku Congo komwe ma gorilla, chimpanzi, anyani ndi anyani amaphedwa kuti apereke nyama yamtchire.

Nkhalango ya Congo ndi madera oyandikana ndi kwawo kuli anyani omwe alamulira nkhalango ku Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi ndi Western Tanzania.

A Gorilla ndi Chimpanzi ndi nyama zokongola kwambiri zomwe zimakoka alendo zikwizikwi ku Rwanda ndi Uganda ndi chitetezo chokwanira ku maboma kudzera kwa oyang'anira zachilengedwe.

Kupha anyani, makamaka ma gorilla ku Congo chifukwa cha nyama zamtchire kwalimbikitsidwa chifukwa chosowa chitetezo cha boma poganizira za nkhondo zapachiweniweni zomwe zakhala zikuchitika mdzikolo kwazaka zambiri, oteteza zachilengedwe atero.

Mliri wakupha wa Ebola ku West Africa adalamulidwa posachedwa atapha ambiri.