Kuri iki Cyumweru, tariki ya 6 Ukwakira 2024, u Rwanda rwatangije gahunda yo gukingira virusi ya Marburg, by’umwihariko hashingiwe ku baganga bari ku isonga mu kuvura abarwayi b’iki cyorezo.
Mu gihe icyorezo cya Marburg gikomeje kwiyongera mu gihugu, Guverinoma y’u Rwanda irimo gushyira imbaraga mu kurinda abakozi bo mu rwego rw’ubuzima bakora akazi ka buri munsi bagahangana n’icyo kibazo.
Mu kiganiro n’itangazamakuru, Minisitiri w’Ubuzima, Dr. Sabin Nsanzimana, yatangaje ko inkingo 700 za Marburg zari zimaze kugera mu Rwanda ku wa 5 Ukwakira 2024. Izo nkingo zaramaze gusuzumwa n’inzego z’ubuzima, ku buryo ibikorwa byo kuzitanga byahise bitangira.
Ati: “Uruhare rwacu rwa mbere ni ugutangira dufasha abakozi bo kwa muganga bari ku murongo w’imbere mu kuvura abarwayi bafite iyi virusi, dutanga inkingo ku baganga n’abakozi bo mu mavuriro cyane cyane abari mu mashami y’indembe, aho uburyo bwo kwandura iyi virusi buri hejuru.”
Yongeyeho ko kurinda aba bakozi ari ingenzi cyane kugira ngo ibikorwa byo kwita ku barwayi bigende neza.
Ati: “Aba bantu ni inkingi za mwamba mu buvuzi bwacu. Kubarinda ni uguha agaciro ubuzima bw’abandi bantu bose batabaho badakiriye ubuvuzi bukwiriye.”
Uretse abakozi b’ubuvuzi, abantu bose babashije guhura n’abarwaye Marburg nabo barimo guhabwa urukingo kugira ngo batandura. Dr. Nsanzimana yavuze ati: “Urukingo rw’ingenzi hano ni ukwibanda cyane ku bantu bashobora kuba bahuye na virusi mbere, kandi tukihutira kubarinda ngo virusi itabaganza.”
U Rwanda rwakomeje kwishimirwa ku rwego mpuzamahanga kubera ubufatanye mu kubona izi nkingo vuba, urukingo rwiswe ‘Sabin’s vaccine’ rukaba rwaranakoreshwaga mu bihugu nka Uganda na Kenya mu bihe byashize.
Dr. Nsanzimana yagize ati: “N’ubwo byafashe igihe gito kugeza inkingo zigera mu gihugu, turashimira abashinzwe gutuma bigenda neza. Byatwaye icyumweru kimwe gusa kugira ngo tubone izi nkingo.”
Kugeza ubu, u Rwanda rwagaragaje ko abanduye Marburg bamaze kuba 46, abagera kuri 29 bakaba bakiri kwitabwaho, naho abapfuye bakaba bageze kuri 12. Hari abandi batatu bari kugaragaza ibimenyetso by’uko bakize, kandi ibizamini birimo gukorwa kugira ngo barekurwe mu minsi ya vuba.
Ibikorwa byo kuvura abarwayi byifashisha umuti uzwi nka Remdesivir, wamenyekanye cyane mu kurwanya virusi zitandukanye, ukaba warakoreshejwe mu gihe cya COVID-19.
Dr. Nsanzimana ati: “Uyu muti twatangiye kuwukoresha kandi twabonye ko ufasha abarwayi bawuherewe igihe, bituma barushaho kwihanganira virusi.”
Indi miti irimo Monoclonal antibodies, izwiho kongerera umubiri ubwirinzi, nayo iri guhabwa abarwayi nk’uburyo bwo kurushaho guhangana n’iyi virusi.
Guverinoma y’u Rwanda irimo gufata ingamba zihuse harimo gukingira no gukoresha imiti igezweho mu guhangana n’icyorezo cya Marburg, hagamijwe gukumira izindi mpfu no gukomeza guhangana n’iki cyorezo mu buryo buhamye.
