Ukuqhambuka kweDiphtheria ebulalayo eNigeria Kubulale abantu abangama-80 ukuza kuthi ga ngoku

Iziko laseNigeria loLawulo lweSifo kunye noThintelo (I-NCDC) ikhuphe ingxelo, ibhengeza ukuqhambuka kwe-diphtheria enkulu kweli lizwe.

I-Diphtheria sisifo esosulelayo kakhulu esibangelwa yi-toxin eveliswa yibhaktheriya engakhokelela kubunzima bokuphefumla, iingxaki zesigqi senhliziyo, kunye nokufa, ngokutsho kwamaZiko oLawulo lweSifo kunye noThintelo.

Uqhambuko oluninzi lwenzekile kwilizwe liphela ukusukela ngasekupheleni konyaka ophelileyo, utshilo abasemagunyeni kwezempilo eNigeria kwingxelo, ngama-798 amatyala aqinisekisiweyo axeliweyo ukusukela ngoJuni walo nyaka.

Ukuza kuthi ga ngoku, bangama-80 abantu ababhubhileyo abarekhodwe kuwo onke amatyala aqinisekisiweyo, utshilo intloko ye-arhente, u-Ifedayo Adetifa.

Ngokutsho kwesebe lezempilo lelizwe laseNtshona Afrika, idiphtheria “sisifo esinokuthintelwa sisitofu esiye sigqunywe lolunye lwezitofu ezisetyenziswa rhoqo. Nayijeriyaishedyuli yokugonywa kwabantwana.

I-arhente nangona ivumile ukuba, nangona "kukho isitofu sokugonya esikhuselekileyo nesingabizi kakhulu kwilizwe," uninzi lwabantu abosulelekileyo alugonywanga.

I-NCDC inike ingxelo yokuba uninzi lwamatyala aqinisekisiweyo enzeka phakathi kwabantwana abaphakathi kweminyaka emibini kunye ne-14.

I-arhente ikhuthaze abantu baseNigeria ukuba bafumane i-inoculated, kwaye abasebenzi bezempilo baye bayalelwa ukuba baxelele ngokukhawuleza amagosa okuhlola izifo malunga namatyala akrokrelwayo.

Okwangoku, i-Secretariat yezeMpilo kunye neeNkonzo zoLuntu e-Abuja kuthiwa isebenze i-diphtheria Incident Management System (IMS) ukulungelelanisa imisebenzi yokuphendula ubhubhane.