Umbutho wezeMpilo weHlabathi (i-WHO) ubhengeze ukuba amagosa aseburhulumenteni ase-Equatorial Guinea aqinisekisile ukuqhambuka kwentsholongwane kaMarburg, isifo esifana ne-Ebola.
Iimvavanyo zokuqala zithunyelwe kwi-Institute Pasteur reference laboratory Senegal, Ngenkxaso evela WHO, kulandela ukufa okumangalisayo kwabantu abasithoba ubuncinane Ekhwithoriyal Gini's kwiPhondo lasentshona Kie-Ntem, wabuya enethemba lomkhuhlane wentsholongwane obulalayo we-hemorrhagic fever.
Isigulo esibangelwa yintsholongwane kaMarburg siqala ngequbuliso, sinomkhuhlane omkhulu, intloko ebuhlungu ebuhlungu kunye nokungabi nangxaki. Izigulane ezininzi ziba neempawu zokopha kakhulu kwiintsuku ezisixhenxe. Intsholongwane isasazeka ebantwini ukusuka kumalulwane eziqhamo kwaye isasazeka phakathi kwabantu ngokudibana ngokuthe ngqo nolwelo lomzimba lwabantu abosulelekileyo, umphezulu kunye nezixhobo.
Ngokutsho kwe-WHO, okwangoku akukho zitofu okanye unyango lwe-antiviral oluvunyiweyo ukunyanga isifo se-Marburg virus, ezinezinga lokufa ukuya kuma-88%. Ukuza kuthi ga ngoku, kuphela ukhathalelo oluxhasayo – ukubuyisela amanzi emanzini ngolwelo ngomlomo okanye nge-intravenous – kunye nonyango lweempawu ezithile, kuphucula amathuba okuba izigulane ziphile.
Ukuza kuthi ga ngoku, abantu ababhubhileyo abali-9 kunye namatyala ali-16 arhanelwayo aneempawu ezibandakanya umkhuhlane, ukudinwa kunye nokuhlanza okunegazi kunye nesifo sohudo kuqinisekisiwe kweli lizwe.
Abasemagunyeni e-Equatorial Guinea bavalela abantu abangaphezu kwama-200 kwaye banqanda ukuhamba kwiphondo laseKie-Ntem. ICameroon engummelwane ikwathintele ukuhamba ecaleni komda wayo ngenxa yeenkxalabo malunga nokosuleleka.
"Ngombulelo kwinyathelo elikhawulezayo neliqinisekileyo labasemagunyeni base-Equatorial Guinean ekuqinisekiseni isifo, impendulo engxamisekileyo inokufikelela kwi-steam ngokukhawuleza," uGqr Matshidiso Moeti, umlawuli wengingqi ye-World Health Organization e-Afrika, wachaza kwingxelo esemthethweni.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- Uvavanyo lokuqala oluthunyelwe kwi-Institute Pasteur reference laboratory eSenegal, ngenkxaso evela kwi-WHO, emva kokusweleka ngendlela engaqondakaliyo kwabantu abasithoba ubuncinane kwiPhondo lase-Equatorial Guinea elisentshona ye-Kie-Ntem, babuye benethemba lomkhuhlane wentsholongwane obulalayo we-hemorrhagic fever.
- "Ngombulelo kwinyathelo elikhawulezayo neliqinisekileyo labasemagunyeni base-Equatorial Guinean ekuqinisekiseni isifo, impendulo engxamisekileyo inokufikelela kwi-steam ngokukhawuleza," uGqr Matshidiso Moeti, umlawuli wengingqi ye-World Health Organization e-Afrika, wachaza kwingxelo esemthethweni.
- Ngokutsho kwe-WHO, okwangoku akukho zitofu okanye unyango lwe-antiviral oluvunyiweyo ukunyanga isifo se-Marburg virus, ezinezinga lokufa ukuya kuma-88%.
