Tanzaniya ta tabbatar da barkewar cutar Marburg mai saurin kisa –

Hukumar lafiya ta duniya WHO, ta ce Tanzania ta tabbatar da bullar cutar ta Marburg a karon farko bayan ta gudanar da gwajin dakin gwaje-gwaje a yankin Kagera da ke arewa maso yammacin kasar.

WHO, a cikin wata sanarwa a ranar Laraba, ta ce an gudanar da gwaje-gwajen dakin gwaje-gwaje bayan da mutane takwas a yankin suka sami alamun cutar “mai tsananin zafi”, da suka hada da zazzabi, amai, zubar jini da gazawar koda.

Biyar daga cikin takwas da aka tabbatar sun mutu, ciki har da ma’aikacin lafiya, sauran ukun kuma ana kan jinya. Hukumar ta kuma gano mutane 161 na wadanda suka kamu da cutar, wadanda a halin yanzu ake ci gaba da sanya ido a kansu.

“Kokarin da hukumomin lafiya na kasar Tanzaniya ke yi na gano musabbabin cutar, wata alama ce da ke nuna aniyar daukar matakan da ya dace kan barkewar cutar.

Dr Matshidiso Moeti, Daraktan Yankin Afirka na Hukumar Lafiya ta Duniya (WHO) ya ce “Muna aiki tare da gwamnati don hanzarta daukar matakan dakile yaduwar cutar da kuma kawo karshen barkewar cutar da wuri-wuri.”

Yayin da wannan shi ne karo na farko da Tanzaniya ta rubuta wani shari’ar Marburg, kasar tana da kwarewa ta farko wajen magance wasu rikice-rikice da suka hada da COVID-19, kwalara da dengue a cikin shekaru uku da suka gabata.

A cikin watan Satumban 2022, hukumar lafiya ta Majalisar Dinkin Duniya ta gudanar da wani bincike kan hadarin da ya nuna cewa kasar na cikin hadarin kamuwa da cututtuka masu yaduwa.

“Darussan da aka koya, da kuma ci gaban da aka samu yayin wasu bullar cutar a baya-bayan nan, ya kamata kasar nan ta tsaya tsayin daka yayin da take fuskantar wannan sabon kalubale.

“Za mu ci gaba da yin aiki kafada da kafada da hukumomin lafiya na kasa don ceton rayuka,” in ji Moeti.

Kwayar cutar Marburg ta kan haifar da zazzabin jini, tare da yawan mace-mace har zuwa kashi 88 cikin ɗari.

Yana daga cikin iyali guda da kwayar cutar da ke haifar da Ebola. Alamun da ke tattare da kwayar cutar Marburg suna farawa ba zato ba tsammani, tare da zazzabi mai zafi, matsanancin ciwon kai da rashin jin daɗi.

Kwayar cutar na yaduwa ga mutane ta hanyar jemagu na ‘ya’yan itace kuma tana yaduwa ta hanyar saduwa da ruwan jikin mutane masu kamuwa da cuta, saman da kayan aiki.

Duk da yake babu alluran rigakafi ko magungunan rigakafin da aka amince da su don magance cutar, kulawar tallafi, rehydration da maganin takamaiman alamun suna ƙara yuwuwar rayuwa.

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Credit: https://dailynigerian.com/tanzania-confirms-outbreak/