Sesifinyelele ku-10 000 isibalo sabahaqwe yi-Ebola

Ukuqubuka kwe-Ebola okuhamba ngejubane eCongo sekufinyelele ku-10,000 isibalo esiqinisekisiwe sabantu abahaqwe yi-Ebola.

Lokhu kungezibalo zikahulumeni ngoLwesibili, njengoba iziphathimandla zezempilo zilwela ukunciphisa ukusabalala kwalesi sifo emazweni amaningi ase-Afrika.

Emlandweni ukuqubuka nokusabalala ngokushesha kwesifo se-Ebola kuyaqala njengoba cishe ingxenye yabangu-10,060 okuqinisekisiwe ukuthi banaleli gciwane sebeshonile, ngokusho kwedatha evela kuMnyango wezeMpilo waseCongo. Lokhu kuphinde kwenze kube ukuqubuka kwesifo okuqeda abantu kakhulu emlandweni wezwe.

Ukuqubuka okubangelwe uhlobo lwe-Ebola olungavamile lwe-Bundibugyo, kwamenyezelwa maphakathi nenyanga kaMay kanti kusukela lapho kwaba yisifo esikhulu nesibulalayo eCongo, nokuyisibalo esidlula ubhubhane lwango-2018-2020.

Manje sekuwubhubhane oluphindaphindeke kabili ngokwezibalo nangokuqeda abantu emlandweni ngemuva kokuqubuka kwe-Ebola eWest Afrika ngo-2014-2016, okwathelela abantu abangaphezu kuka-28 600 kwabulala abangaphezu kuka-11 000, ikakhulukazi eGuinea, eLiberia naseSierra Leone.

Ngasekuqaleni kwale nyanga, iKenya ibike okokuqala ngokuqubuka kwalesi sifo, yaqhubeka nokumemezela ukutheleleka kwabantu abayisishiyagalolunye sebebonke, ngemuva kokuba indoda eyayisuka eCongo idlula e-Uganda ishonele eNairobi.

Ngesonto eledlule, iNigeria yaba yizwe lesine lase-Afrika ukubika igciwane le-Ebola.