Isilumkiso soKhenketho: Amazwe aseMpuma Afrika akhupha isilumkiso sokuqhambuka kwentsholongwane ye-Ebola

Amazwe akwiMpuma Afrika ngasemdeni weDemocratic Republic of Congo (iDRC) ebekhuphe isilumkiso kumhlali, abahambi kunye neendwendwe ezibiza lo mmandla ukuba zithathe amanyathelo ngononophelo malunga nokuqhambuka kwesifo esibulalayo nesosulelayo se-Ebola esisandula ukubikwa eBikoro, kwiPhondo le-Equateur eDemokhrasi. IRiphabhlikhi yaseCongo.

Esi sifo sasibulale abantu abali-17 eCongo kwiintsuku ezintlanu ezidlulileyo. I-Ebola ihlala ibulala ukuba ayinyangwa kwaye inezinga lokufa eliphakathi kwama-50 epesenti ngokwe-World Health Organisation.

Iingcali zezempilo zithe intsholongwane ebulalayo i-Ebola idluliselwa ebantwini ngokudibana ngqo nezilwanyana zasendle kwaye isasazeka ngokudluliselwa komntu ebantwini.

Intsholongwane ebulalayo ye-Ebola yaxelwa okokuqala kumazwe ase-Afrika kufutshane noMlambo i-Congo ngo-1976 kodwa amatyala ayo amabi axeliwe kwiminyaka yakutshanje emva kokubhubha kwabaliqela.

Ukugwetywa ziimfazwe zamakhaya, iDemocratic Republic of Congo ixeliwe njengemvelaphi yesifo esibulalayo se-Ebola esivela kwizilwanyana zasasazeka ebantwini. Abantu baseCongo bazingela iigorila, iitshimpanzi kunye neenkawu njengenyama yasendle.

I-Tanzania kunye namanye amazwe ase-Afrika agudle umda we-Congo baphinde bazisa ukuhlolwa kwabo bonke abahamba kwiindawo zokungena kwaye babalumkisa abemi ukuba baphaphe.

Umngcipheko kwimpilo yoluntu kuwo wonke ummandla we-Mpuma ye-Afrika uhlala uphezulu kungekuphela ngenxa yokuba buthathaka kwangaphakathi kwenkqubo yezempilo yaseCongo yokuthintela intsholongwane, kodwa kunye nobume bemida.

Umphathiswa Wezempilo wase-Tanzania u-Ummy Mwalimu ukhuphe isilumkiso kubantu abahlala kwimida eseCongo, esithi urhulumente wase-Tanzania ujonge imeko ye-Ebola ngononophelo olukhulu ukuqinisekisa ukuba akukho thuba lokusasazeka kwemida esi sifo.

Umphathiswa Wezempilo waseKenya uSicily Kariuki uthe iingcali zezempilo zithunyelwe kuyo yonke imida ukujonga bonke abakhweli abangena kwisizwe seMpuma Afrika ngeempawu ezinokubakho zentsholongwane ye-Ebola.

Uye wathi urhulumente waseKenya useke iBhunga likaZwelonke lezoNyango lwezoNyango, elinikwe uxanduva lokuthintela ukusasazeka kwentsholongwane ebulalayo ye-Ebola kweli lizwe lase-Afrika.

Nangona ingekho semngciphekweni omkhulu xa kuthelekiswa nabamelwane bayo, iKenya inentshukumo enkulu yabahambi abasuka eCongo ngokungena eBusia naseMalaba kwimida yokungena e-Uganda.

Isikhululo senqwelomoya iJomo Kenyatta yindawo yokungena exakekileyo kubahambi abasuka eCongo apho iKenya Airways isebenza ngenqwelomoya phakathi kweNairobi neLubumbashi.

ILubumbashi sisiXeko sesibini ngobukhulu eCongo esaziwa njengekomkhulu lemigodi elidlala iinkampani ezinkulu zemigodi.

Kwezi veki zintlanu zidlulileyo, bekukho abantu abangama-21 abarhanelwa ukuba banentsholongwane eyopha ngaphakathi nase-Ikoko Iponge eCongo kubandakanya ukufa kwabantu abali-17. Ukuqhambuka kokugqibela kwe-Ebola kwenzeka ngonyaka we-2017 kwiNdawo yezeMpilo yaseLikati, kwiPhondo lase-Bas Uele, kumantla elizwe kwaye yaqulathwa ngokukhawuleza.

Ngo-2014, abantu abangaphezu kwe-11,300 ikakhulu eGuinea, eSierra Leone naseLiberia babulawa kwesona sifo sibi se-Ebola.

Ukusetyenziswa kweemveliso ze-primate kuye kwabalwa njengonobangela wokuqhambuka kwentsholongwane ye-Ebola kumazwe aseAfrika akumda we-Equator, ubukhulu becala eCongo apho kubulawa iigorila, iitshimpanzi, iimfene neenkawu ukubonelela ngenyama yasendle.

Ihlathi laseCongo kunye nemeko-bume engqongileyo likhaya leenyani eziye zalawula amahlathi eUganda, eRwanda, eBurundi naseNtshona yeTanzania.

Iigorila kunye neeChimpanzi zezona zilwanyana zinomtsalane ezitsala amawaka abakhenkethi baye eRwanda naseUganda ngokhuseleko oluphezulu koorhulumente ngogcino lwazo lwezilwanyana zasendle.

Ukubulawa kwamantshontsho, ubukhulu becala iigorila eCongo zenyama yasemaphandleni kuye kwabangelwa kukungabikho kokhuseleko lukarhulumente kuthathelwa ingqalelo iimfazwe zamakhaya ezihlasele ilizwe amashumi eminyaka, abagcini bezilwanyana zasendle baqaphele.

Ukuqhambuka kwesifo iEbola eNtshona Afrika kutshanje ibilawulwa emva kokubulala abaninzi.