I-DAR ES SALAAM, eTanzania (eTN) – Urhulumente waseTanzania uphaphile ngokuqhambuka komkhuhlane weentaka. Ibhengeze esi sifo njengentlekele yelizwe kwaye ithatha amanyathelo okhuseleko ukunqanda ukwanda kwayo elizweni.
Inkulumbuso yaseTanzania uMizengo Pinda usungule i-Avian Influenza Emergency Preparedness and Response Plan, ejolise ekubekeni iliso ekuqhambukeni kwesi sifo esele sixelelwe ukuba sihlasele amazwe asemantla eAfrika.
Inkulumbuso uPinda uthe ekubeni esi sifo siyingozi kwaye sinokosulela abantu, iTanzania ithathe isigqibo sokuthatha amanyathelo okuthintela ukuchaphazela abantu xa kukho ukuqhambuka kwilizwe laseMpuma Afrika. “Esi sicwangciso seminyaka emithathu esiza kuphononongwa minyaka le, phakathi kwezinye izinto siza kulawula ukungeniswa kweenkukhu elizweni kwaye sidale nokwazisa uluntu ngesi sifo,” utshilo.
Inkulumbuso esanda kunyulwa iqinisekisile ukuba amanyathelo okhuseleko aya kunceda ilizwe ukunqanda ukuqhambuka. Esi sifo sele kuxelwe ukuba sihlasele iindawo ezisemazantsi eSudan kwaye sinethuba elinamandla lokuwela kumazwe aseMpuma Afrika iKenya, Uganda kunye neTanzania ngokusebenzisa iintaka ezifudukayo.
Umphathiswa wemfuyo waseTanzania uJohn Magufuli uthe iisampuli ezingama-3,000 ziye zavavanywa kwilabhoratri ekwidolophu elikomkhulu laseTanzania eDar es Salaam, kodwa akukho namnye ubonise naluphi na uphawu lomkhuhlane weentaka.
Iingcali ze-Avian Flu zinoloyiko lokuba intsholongwane yomkhuhlane weentaka ebulalayo inokuthi ifikelele kwilizwekazi laseAfrika, mhlawumbi itshabalalise ubutyebi beentaka kwiRift Valley eseMpuma Afrika.
Ngaphambili iingcaphephe ziye zalumkisa amazwe aseMpuma Afrika abelana ngeempawu zeRift Valley ukuba asengozini enkulu yomkhuhlane weentaka kwaye abone ukutshatyalaliswa kobutyebi bawo obutyebileyo beentaka. Bathe kukho ithuba elikhulu lokufumana iintaka ezifudukayo zonyaka ukusuka kuMntla nakwiNtshona Yurophu ukuya eAfrika ngaphesheya koLwandle lweMeditera zisasaza intsholongwane ebulalayo yomkhuhlane weentaka.
Ityebile ngeentaka, iGreat Rift Valley ineempawu ezinkulu zejografi kunye nezejografi ezisuka eJordani emantla kude ukuya eMozambique emazantsi zigubungela amawaka eekhilomitha zomhlaba otyebileyo ngeentlobo zeentaka.
Iintaka ezisemngciphekweni omkhulu wokuchatshazelwa yintsholongwane yomkhuhlane weentaka ezibulalayo zezo zizalela ngaphakathi kumachibi anetyuwa eRift Valley akhoyo kwiipaki eziphambili zezilwanyana zasendle ezinomtsalane ezikhokela umtsalane wabakhenkethi eMpuma Afrika.
Nangona kungekho ngozi enkulu ebantwini, ukusasazeka kwentsholongwane ebulalayo eMpuma Afrika kunokuchaphazela kakhulu ubutyebi beentaka kulo mmandla kwaye kubangele ilahleko enkulu kwizigidi zeentaka ezitsala inani elikhulu labakhenkethi abatyelela lo mmandla.
ITanzania neKenya zifumana iintaka ezininzi ezifuduka kwiRift Valley, ekwindawo enkulu ekwiintaba zaseMpuma Afrika. Ukufuduka kwexesha leeflamingo phakathi kwe-East African Rift Valley amachibi aseNaivasha naseNakuru eKenya kunye neNatron, iNgorongoro kunye neManyara eTanzania ibeka ingozi enkulu yokusasazeka ngokukhawuleza kwentsholongwane yeentaka ukuba ifike kwindawo enye yeRift Valley, iingcali ziye zatsho.
