UKagame uthi iRwanda izokweseka ukulwa ne-Ebola eNtshonalanga Afrika

KIGALI, Rwanda - UMengameli uPaul Kagame uyalele uMnyango Wezempilo ukuthi uhlanganise izinkulungwane zabasebenzi bezempilo kanye nezikhungo ukuthi zibekwe eceleni uma kwenzeka kuqubuka i-Ebola.

UKagame uthe amashumi ezinkulungwane zodokotela bazobe sebekulungele ukulwa naleli gciwane. Uphinde wazibophezela ngokuthi uma sezisetshenziswa izinhlelo iRwanda izobe isikulungele ukweseka amazwe athintekile.

Uthe i-Ebola yindaba 'yokuphepha kwezwe' futhi uyalele iziphathimandla zendawo ukuthi zilungele "ukubhekana nalokhu... okuseqhulwini ngokuphathelene nokuphepha kwezwe."

Ucele ukuthi kuqiniswe uhlelo lokunakekelwa kwezempilo 'ukuze kugwenywe noma yikuphi okwenzekayo.'

Ukuzibophezela kukaKagame kuza ngemuva kwamasonto ambalwa iMelika icele ngokusemthethweni iRwanda ukuthi inikeze usizo lwezokwelashwa eNtshonalanga Afrika.

"Awukwazi ukuthatha umthwalo wemfanelo ngaphandle ngaphandle kokuqinisa izinhlelo ekhaya," kusho uKagame ephendula.

Umkhankaso wokuqwashisa ngobhubhane lwe-Ebola usatshalaliswa ezweni lonke. Ithimba elilungiselela izimo eziphuthumayo, abasebenzi bezokwelapha abaqeqeshiwe sebemisiwe kuwo wonke amazinga kusukela esikhungweni sezempilo, ezibhedlela zezifunda kanye nezibhedlela.

Izimpahla ezidingekayo kanye nezinsiza zokwelapha seziqoqwe futhi zathunyelwa ezikhungweni zezempilo ezweni lonke kugxilwe ezifundeni kubo bonke abahlali.

Phakathi kwamanye amakhono, abasebenzi bezokwelapha baye baqeqeshwa ngendlela yokwelapha i-Ebola kanye nendlela yokuzivikela. Izikhungo zezempilo eziqiniswayo nazo zibekiwe, uma lesi sifo senzeke ngaphakathi kwemingcele.

Odokotela baseRwanda bamenywe yiNhlangano Yezempilo Yomhlaba (i-WHO) eGeneva ukuyosiza ekwakheni umuthi wokugomela i-Ebola. “Ngeke sicabange ukuthi lokhu akusithinti ngqo bese sithi ngeke sikwazi ukuba yingxenye yakho mayelana nokufaka isandla ekwenzeni isimo sibe sejwayelekile,” kusho uKagame.

I-WHO ithi leli gciwane selibulale abantu abangaphezu kuka-4,400 kuhlanganisa oyedwa e-USA naseSpain. UKagame uxwayise ngokuthi i-Ebola ayiseyona inkinga yase-Afrika, kodwa inselelo yomhlaba wonke. I-US ithumele amasosha angaphezu kuka-3000 e-Afrika ukuyolwa naleli gciwane.

Khonamanjalo, iRwanda inokuxhumana okuqondile neNtshonalanga Afrika ngokusebenzisa inkampani yayo yezwe, iRwandair, enezindiza zamasonto onke eziya eLagos, eNigeria nakwamanye amadolobha aseNtshonalanga Afrika okuhlanganisa neLibreville (Gabon).

Izindiza zigcine izwe liqaphile. Noma ubani oke waya eNtshonalanga Afrika phakathi nezinsuku ezingu-22 ezedlule uyahlolwa lapho efika, futhi agadwe izinsuku ezingama-21.