Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention yatangaje ko icyorezo gishya cya Ebola cyadutse mu burasirazuba bwa Democratic Republic of the Congo, kimaze kwica abantu 80 mu Ntara ya Ituri.
Amakuru yatanzwe agaragaza ko abantu 246 bamaze kwandura iyi ndwara, cyane cyane mu mijyi ya Mongwalu na Rwampara. Hari kandi abandi bakekwaho kuyandura mu mujyi wa Bunia mu gihe hagitegerejwe ibisubizo bya laboratwari.
Iki kigo cyagaragaje impungenge z’uko iyi ndwara ishobora gukomeza gukwirakwira kubera urujya n’uruza rw’abantu hagati ya DR Congo n’ibihugu bihana imbibi na yo.
Ku wa Gatanu, Uganda na yo yemeje ko umuntu umwe yinjiye muri icyo gihugu yanduye Ebola avuye muri DR Congo. Uwo mugabo w’imyaka 59 yapfiriye mu bitaro byo i Kampala nyuma yo kugaragaraho ibimenyetso by’iyo ndwara.
Ebola ni indwara iterwa na virusi yavumbuwe bwa mbere mu 1976 muri Zaïre, ubu yitwa DR Congo. Ikwirakwira binyuze mu guhura n’amatembabuzi y’umubiri w’uwanduye cyangwa uwapfuye azize iyo ndwara.
Ibimenyetso byayo birimo umuriro ukabije, kubabara imitsi, umunaniro, kuribwa umutwe, kuruka, gucibwamo no kuva amaraso. World Health Organization ivuga ko Ebola yica hafi 50% by’abayanduye.
Ibizamini byakorewe muri Institut National de Recherche Biomédicale byemeje ko virusi ya Ebola yabonetse mu bipimo 13 muri 20 byafashwe. Haracyakorwa ubushakashatsi bwo kumenya ubwoko bw’iyi virusi.
Leta ya DR Congo yamaze gutangaza ku mugaragaro ko iki cyorezo cyadutse, inemeza ko igiye gukorana na Uganda na South Sudan mu gukaza ingamba zo kugenzura imipaka no gukumira ikwirakwira ry’iyi ndwara.
Mu myaka 50 ishize, Ebola imaze guhitana abantu barenga 15,000 muri Afurika. Icyorezo gikomeye cyane cyabaye muri DR Congo hagati ya 2018 na 2020 cyahitanye abantu hafi 2,300.
