Isaziso Sokuhamba: Amazwe aseMpumalanga Afrika akhipha isexwayiso sokuqubuka kwegciwane le-Ebola

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Izifundazwe zaseMpumalanga Afrika ezingasemngceleni weDemocratic Republic of Congo (iDRC) sezikhiphe isexwayiso kumhlali, abahambi kanye nezivakashi ezibiza lesi sifunda ukuthi ziqaphele kakhulu ngokuqubuka kwegciwane elibulalayo nelithathelwanayo le-Ebola elisanda kubikwa eBikoro, esifundazweni i-Equateur eDemocratic IRiphabhlikhi yaseCongo.

Lesi sifo sabulala abantu abangu-17 eCongo ezinsukwini ezinhlanu ezedlule. I-Ebola ivame ukubulala uma ingelashwa futhi inezinga lokufa eliphakathi kwamaphesenti angama-50 ngokusho kweWorld Health Organisation.

Ochwepheshe bezempilo bathe igciwane elibulalayo le-Ebola lidluliselwa kubantu ngokuxhumana ngqo nezilwane zasendle futhi lisakazeka ngokudluliswa komuntu nomuntu.

Igciwane elibulalayo le-Ebola labikwa okokuqala emazweni ase-Afrika ngaseMfuleni iCongo ngo-1976 kodwa kwabikwa amacala alo abucayi eminyakeni edlule ngemuva kokuqoshwa kwabantu abaningi.

Njengoba ihlulwe yizimpi zombango, iDemocratic Republic of Congo ibikwe njengomsuka wegciwane elibulalayo le-Ebola elisuselwa emhlangeni bese lisakazekela kubantu. Abantu baseCongo bazingela ama-gorilla, izimfene nezinkawu njengenyama ehlathini.

ITanzania namanye amazwe ase-Afrika agudle umngcele weCongo sebethule kabusha ukuhlolwa okujwayelekile kwabo bonke abahamba ezindaweni zokungena futhi baxwayisa izakhamizi ukuthi ziqaphele.

Ingcuphe yezempilo yomphakathi esifundeni sonke seMpumalanga ye-Afrika isalokhu iphakeme hhayi nje kuphela ngenxa yobuthakathaka bangaphakathi bohlelo lokunakekelwa kwezempilo lwaseCongo oludilizwe yimpi lokuqukethe leli gciwane, kodwa futhi nemvelo ebusayo yemingcele.

UNgqongqoshe Wezempilo waseTanzania, u-Ummy Mwalimu ukhiphe isexwayiso kubantu abahlala ezindaweni ezisemngceleni weCongo, wathi uhulumeni waseTanzania ubheka ukuthambekela kwe-Ebola ngokuqapha okukhulu ukuqinisekisa ukuthi alikho ithuba lokuthi lesi sifo sinabele emingceleni.

UNgqongqoshe Wezempilo waseKenya uSicily Kariuki uthe ochwepheshe bezempilo batshalwe kuzo zonke izindawo zemingcele ukuze kuhlolwe bonke abagibeli abangena ezweni lase-East Africa ukuthi bangazithola yini izimpawu zegciwane le-Ebola.

Uthe uhulumeni waseKenya usungule uMkhandlu Kazwelonke Wezimo Eziphuthumayo, onikezwe umsebenzi wokuvimbela ukusabalala kwegciwane elibulalayo le-Ebola kuleliya lizwe lase-Afrika elihamba ngezokuhamba.

Yize ingekho engcupheni enkulu uma iqhathaniswa nomakhelwane bayo, iKenya inenhlangano enkulu yabahambi abavela eCongo ngemingcele yayo yokungena eBusia naseMalaba ngaphesheya komngcele wase-Uganda.

Isikhumulo sezindiza iJomo Kenyatta yindawo yokungena ematasa kakhulu yabahambi abavela eCongo lapho iKenya Airways isebenza khona izindiza eziphakathi kweNairobi neLubumbashi.

ILubumbashi yidolobha lesibili ngobukhulu eCongo elaziwa njengenhlokodolobha yezimayini ebamba iqhaza ezinkampanini ezinkulu zezimayini.

Emasontweni ayisihlanu edlule, kube nabasolwa abangama-21 abasolwa ngokuba nemikhuhlane ebangela ukopha egazini nase-Ikoko Iponge eCongo okuhlanganisa nabantu abangu-17 abashonile. Ukuqubuka kokugcina kwe-Ebola kwenzeka ngo-2017 eLikati Health Zone, esifundazweni saseBas Uele, engxenyeni esenyakatho yezwe futhi kwaqukethwe ngokushesha.

Ngo-2014, bangaphezu kuka-11,300 XNUMX abantu ikakhulukazi eGuinea, eSierra Leone naseLiberia ababulawa yisifo se-Ebola esibi kunazo zonke, esaphazamisa kakhulu umkhakha wezokuvakasha e-Afrika njengoba izihambi zakhansela uhambo lwazo lokuhambela leli zwekazi.

Ukusetshenziswa kwemikhiqizo ye-primate kubalwe njengomthombo wokuqhamuka kwegciwane le-Ebola emazweni ase-Afrika asemngceleni we-Equator, ikakhulukazi eCongo lapho kubulawa khona ama-gorilla, izimfene, izimfene nezinkawu ukuhlinzeka inyama ehlathini.

Ihlathi laseCongo nezindawo ezakhelene nalo kuyikhaya lezinkawu eseziphethe amahlathi e-Uganda, eRwanda, eBurundi naseNtshonalanga yeTanzania.

AmaGorilla nezimfene yizilwane eziheha kakhulu ezidonsa izinkulungwane zezivakashi ziye eRwanda nase-Uganda ngokuvikelwa okuphezulu kohulumeni ngokusebenzisa iziphathimandla zabo zokongiwa kwezilwane zasendle.

Ukubulawa kwezinkawu, ikakhulukazi ama-gorilla aseCongo ngenxa yenyama ehlathini kuye kwabhebhethekiswa ukuntuleka kokuvikelwa nguhulumeni kucatshangelwa izimpi zombango ezihlasele izwe amashumi eminyaka, kusho abalondolozi bemvelo bezilwane zasendle.

Ukuqubuka okubulalayo kwe-Ebola eNtshonalanga Afrika usanda kulawulwa ngemuva kokubulala abaningi.

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