Inhlangano yezempilo emhlabeni iWorld Health Organisation (WHO) imemezele ukuthi izikhulu zikahulumeni wase-Equatorial Guinea zikuqinisekisile ukubheduka kwegciwane elithathelanayo nelibulalayo iMarburg, isifo esifana ne-Ebola.
Ukuhlolwa kokuqala kuthunyelwe elabhorethri yenkomba ye-Institute Pasteur in Senegal, ngokuxhaswa okuvela WHO, kulandela ukufa okungaqondakali kwabantu okungenani abayisishiyagalolunye e Equatorial GuineaIsifundazwe sase-Western Kie-Ntem, sabuya sinegciwane elibulalayo lomkhuhlane we-hemorrhagic fever.
Ukugula okubangelwa igciwane le-Marburg kuqala kungazelelwe, nokushisa okukhulu, ikhanda elibuhlungu kanye nokugula okukhulu. Iziguli eziningi ziba nezimpawu zokopha okukhulu ezinsukwini eziyisikhombisa. Leli gciwane lidluliselwa kubantu lisuka kumalulwane ezithelo futhi lisakazeka phakathi kwabantu ngokuthintana ngqo noketshezi lomzimba lwabantu abanaleli gciwane, indawo engaphezulu nezinto ezisetshenziswayo.
Ngokusho kwe-WHO, okwamanje ayikho imithi yokugoma noma imithi yokwelapha egunyazwe ukwelapha isifo segciwane i-Marburg, esinezinga lokufa elifika ku-88%. Kuze kube manje, ukunakekelwa okusekelayo kuphela - ukubuyisela amanzi emzimbeni ngoketshezi lomlomo noma olufakwa emthanjeni - nokwelashwa kwezimpawu ezithile, okuthuthukisa amathuba okusinda kweziguli.
Kuze kube manje, abantu abangu-9 abashonile kanye namacala ayi-16 okusolakala ukuthi anezimpawu ezihlanganisa umkhuhlane, ukukhathala kanye nokuhlanza okunegazi kanye nesifo sohudo sekuqinisekisiwe ezweni.
Iziphathimandla zase-Equatorial Guinea zivalele abantu abangaphezu kuka-200 futhi zakhawulela ukunyakaza esifundazweni sayo sase-Kie-Ntem. ICameroon engumakhelwane nayo ibeke imingcele ukuhamba emngceleni wayo ngenxa yokukhathazeka ngokutheleleka.
"Ngenxa yesinyathelo esisheshayo nesiwujuqu seziphathimandla zase-Equatorial Guinean ekuqinisekiseni lesi sifo, ukusabela okuphuthumayo kungafika ngokushesha," kusho uDkt Matshidiso Moeti, umqondisi we-World Health Organization e-Afrika, esitatimendeni esisemthethweni.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- Ukuhlolwa kokuqala okwathunyelwa elabhorethri yereferensi ye-Institute Pasteur e-Senegal, ngokwesekwa yi-WHO, kulandela ukufa okungaqondakali kwabantu okungenani abayisishiyagalolunye eSifundazweni sase-Equatorial Guinea entshonalanga ye-Kie-Ntem, kubuye kwatholakala benomkhuhlane obulalayo we-virus hemorrhagic.
- "Ngenxa yesinyathelo esisheshayo nesiwujuqu seziphathimandla zase-Equatorial Guinean ekuqinisekiseni lesi sifo, ukusabela okuphuthumayo kungafika ngokushesha," kusho uDkt Matshidiso Moeti, umqondisi we-World Health Organization e-Afrika, esitatimendeni esisemthethweni.
- Ngokusho kwe-WHO, okwamanje ayikho imithi yokugoma noma imithi yokwelapha egunyazwe ukwelapha isifo segciwane i-Marburg, esinezinga lokufa elifika ku-88%.
