WHO yavuze ko iki cyorezo cyibasiye intara ya Ituri mu burasirazuba bwa DR Congo, aho hamaze kugaragara abantu bagera kuri 246 bakekwaho kwandura ndetse hakaba hamaze gupfa abantu 80, ariko kikaba kitaragera ku rwego rwo kwitwa icyorezo cy’isi yose (pandemic).

Ariko iyi gahunda y’umuryango mpuzamahanga yavuze ko hari impungenge ko iki cyorezo gishobora gukwira cyane kurusha uko biri kugaragara ubu, kandi kikagira ibyago byinshi byo gukwira imbere mu gihugu no mu bihugu bihana imbibi na DR Congo.

Ubwoko bwa Ebola buri gukwirakwira ubu buterwa na virusi ya Bundibugyo, kandi WHO yavuze ko kugeza ubu nta rukingo cyangwa imiti byemewe byo kuyivura bihari.

Ibimenyetso bya mbere by’iyi ndwara birimo umuriro, kubabara imikaya, gucika intege, kubabara umutwe no kubabara mu muhogo. Nyuma yaho umuntu ashobora gutangira kuruka, kugira impiswi, kurwara uruhu ndetse no kuva amaraso.

WHO yavuze ko hamaze kwemezwa abantu umunani banduye iyi virusi nyuma yo gupimwa muri laboratwari, ndetse hakaba hari abandi bakekwaho kuyandura no kuyicwa nayo mu duce dutatu tw’ubuzima harimo Bunia, umurwa mukuru wa Ituri, ndetse n’imijyi y’ubucukuzi bw’izahabu ya Mongwalu na Rwampara.

Hari kandi umuntu umwe wanduye iyi virusi wagaragaye i Kinshasa, umurwa mukuru wa DR Congo, bikekwa ko yari avuye muri Ituri.

WHO yavuze ko iyi virusi yamaze no kugera hanze ya DR Congo, kuko muri Uganda hamaze kwemezwa abantu babiri banduye. Abayobozi ba Uganda batangaje ko umugabo w’imyaka 59 wapfuye ku wa Kane basanze yaranduye Ebola.

Leta ya Uganda yavuze ko uwo mugabo yari umuturage wa Congo kandi umurambo we wamaze gusubizwa muri DR Congo.

Ikigo gishinzwe ibizamini bya laboratwari cyemeje kandi ko hari umuntu wanduye Ebola mu mujyi wa Goma, uri mu maboko y’inyeshyamba za M23.

Kwamamaza amakuru byavuze ko nibura Abanyamerika batandatu bari muri DR Congo bashobora kuba barahuye n’iyi ndwara, ndetse umwe muri bo akaba yaratangiye kugaragaza ibimenyetso, nubwo nta n’umwe urapimwa ngo byemezwe ko yayanduye.

Ikigo cya Amerika gishinzwe kurwanya no gukumira indwara, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), cyatangaje ko giteganya kohereza abandi bakozi muri DR Congo no muri Uganda, mu gihe ambasade ya Amerika muri Congo yasohoye itangazo riburira abaturage bayo kudasura intara ya Ituri.

Jean Kaseya, umuyobozi mukuru wa Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, yavuze ko kubera ko nta rukingo cyangwa imiti byizewe bihari, abaturage bagomba gukurikiza amabwiriza y’ubuzima, cyane cyane ajyanye no gushyingura abapfuye bazize Ebola.

Yabwiye BBC ko badashaka ko abantu bandurira mu mihango yo gushyingura, kuko mu bihe byashize abantu benshi banduraga kubera gukaraba cyangwa gukora ku mirambo y’ababo bapfuye.

WHO yavuze ko umutekano muke n’ibibazo by’ubutabazi muri DR Congo, hamwe n’ingendo nyinshi z’abaturage, kuba icyorezo kiri mu mijyi, ndetse n’umubare munini w’amavuriro adakurikiranwa neza, byose byongera ibyago byo gukwirakwira kw’iyi ndwara.

Ibihugu bihana imbibi na DR Congo bifatwa nk’aho biri mu byago byinshi kubera ubuhahirane n’ingendo.

Rwanda yatangaje ko igiye kongera igenzura ku mipaka ihana na DR Congo nk’ingamba zo kwirinda.

Minisiteri y’Ubuzima mu Rwanda yavuze ko uburyo bwo gukurikirana indwara bwakajijwe kandi ko amakipe y’abaganga yiteguye kugira ngo habashe gukorwa isuzuma no gutabara hakiri kare igihe byaba bibaye ngombwa.

WHO yasabye DR Congo na Uganda gushyiraho ibigo byihariye bikurikirana iki cyorezo, bikajya bikora igenzura, gushakisha abanduye ndetse no gushyira mu bikorwa ingamba zo kwirinda ikwirakwira ry’iyi ndwara.

Mu rwego rwo kugabanya ikwirakwira ryayo, WHO yavuze ko abantu bose bemejwe ko bayanduye bagomba guhita batandukanywa n’abandi no kuvurwa kugeza igihe bapimwe inshuro ebyiri, hagati yazo hakabamo amasaha 48, maze ibisubizo bikerekana ko batakiyanduye.

WHO yavuze kandi ko ibihugu biri hafi y’ahagaragaye Ebola bigomba kongera ubushobozi bwo gukurikirana no gutanga amakuru y’ubuzima.

Iri shami ry’Umuryango w’Abibumbye ryongeyeho ko ibihugu biri hanze y’akarere kibasiwe bitagomba gufunga imipaka cyangwa guhagarika ubucuruzi n’ingendo, kuko ibyo bikorwa akenshi biterwa n’ubwoba kandi bidafite ishingiro rya siyansi.

Umuyobozi mukuru wa WHO, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, yavuze ko kugeza ubu hakiri gushidikanya ku mubare nyakuri w’abanduye ndetse n’aho iki cyorezo cyageze.

Ebola ni iki kandi ikwirakwira ite?

  • Ebola ni indwara iterwa na virusi, ikaba ari indwara ikomeye kandi ishobora guhitana abantu benshi.
  • Ikwirakwira binyuze mu matembabuzi y’umubiri w’uwanduye nk’amaraso cyangwa ibirutsi.
  • Ubwoko bwa Bundibugyo bwahitanye hafi 30% by’abanduye mu byorezo byabanje.
  • Ibimenyetso bishobora kugaragara hagati y’iminsi ibiri na 21 umuntu amaze kwandura.
  • Iyo ndwara itangira nk’ibicurane: umuriro, kubabara umutwe no gucika intege, nyuma umuntu agatangira kuruka, kugira impiswi no kugira ibibazo by’imikorere y’ingingo z’umubiri. Bamwe bashobora no kuva amaraso imbere cyangwa hanze y’umubiri.
  • Ebola itangira iyo umuntu ahuye n’inyamaswa zanduye nka za bâts (udusimba tuguruka nijoro).
  • Hari inkingo z’ubwoko bwa Zaire bwa Ebola, ariko nta rukingo rwa Bundibugyo Ebola ruhari.

Ebola yabonetse bwa mbere mu 1976 muri DR Congo, bikekwa ko yakomotse ku dusimba twa bâts. Iki ni cyo cyorezo cya 17 cya Ebola kibonetse muri iki gihugu.

Mu myaka 50 ishize, abantu bagera ku 15,000 bamaze guhitanwa na Ebola muri Afurika.

Icyorezo gikomeye kurusha ibindi muri DR Congo cyabaye hagati ya 2018 na 2020, aho cyahitanye abantu hafi 2,300.