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GENEVA － Ibyago byo kwandura monkeypox mu bihugu bidafite icyorezo ni ukuri, nk'uko byatangajwe na OMS ku wa gatatu, ubu hakaba hamaze kugaragara ibibazo birenga 1.000 mu bihugu nk'ibi.

Umuyobozi w’umuryango w’ubuzima ku isi, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, yatangaje ko ikigo cy’ubuzima cy’umuryango w’abibumbye kidasaba ko hakingirwa abantu benshi virusi, kandi yongeraho ko nta bantu bapfuye kugeza ubu batanduye.

Mu kiganiro n'abanyamakuru Tedros yagize ati: "Ibyago bya monkeypox byamenyekana mu bihugu bidafite icyorezo ni ukuri."

Indwara ya zoonotic yanduye abantu mu bihugu icyenda bya Afurika, ariko icyorezo cyagaragaye mu kwezi gushize mu bihugu byinshi bidafite icyorezo - cyane cyane mu Burayi, cyane cyane mu Bwongereza, Espanye na Porutugali.

Tedros yagize ati: "Ubu abantu barenga 1.000 bemejwe na monkeypox bamaze kumenyeshwa OMS baturutse mu bihugu 29 bitanduye iyi ndwara."

Ku wa gatatu, Ubugereki bwabaye igihugu giheruka kwemeza indwara yacyo ya mbere, aho abashinzwe ubuzima bahari bavuga ko kirimo umugabo uherutse kujya muri Porutugali kandi ko ari mu bitaro ameze neza.

Indwara izwi

Ku wa gatatu, itegeko rishya rivuga ko monkeypox ari indwara yamenyekanye mu buryo bwemewe n'amategeko ryatangiye gukurikizwa mu Bwongereza, bivuze ko abaganga bose bo mu Bwongereza basabwa kumenyesha inama njyanama yabo cyangwa itsinda rishinzwe kurengera ubuzima ry’ibanze ku kibazo cyose gikekwa ko ari monkeypox.

Laboratoire zigomba kandi kumenyesha Ikigo cy’Ubuzima gishinzwe Ubwongereza niba virusi igaragaye muri laboratoire.

Mu itangazo riheruka gusohoka ku wa gatatu, UKHSA yavuze ko imaze kumenya indwara 321 z’inguge mu gihugu hose guhera ku wa kabiri, aho 305 zemejwe mu Bwongereza, 11 muri Scotland, ebyiri muri Irilande y'Amajyaruguru na batatu muri Wales.

Ibimenyetso byambere bya monkeypox birimo umuriro mwinshi, lymph node yabyimbye hamwe ninkoko yinkoko isa nigisebe.

OMS yavuze ko mu bitaro ari bike, usibye abarwayi bari mu bwigunge, nk'uko OMS yabitangaje mu mpera z'icyumweru.

Sylvie Briand, umuyobozi wa OMS w’icyorezo cy’icyorezo n’ibyorezo byo gukumira no gukumira icyorezo, yavuze ko urukingo rw’ibicurane rushobora gukoreshwa mu kurwanya monkeypox, mugenzi we orthopoxvirus, ufite imbaraga nyinshi.

OMS iragerageza kumenya umubare wamafaranga aboneka muri iki gihe no kumenya mubakora ibicuruzwa byabo nubushobozi bwabo bwo gukwirakwiza.

Paul Hunter, impuguke mu bijyanye na mikorobe no kurwanya indwara zanduza, yatangarije ibiro ntaramakuru Xinhua mu kiganiro aherutse kugirana ati: "monkeypox ntabwo ari COVID kandi ntabwo izigera iba COVID".

Hunter yavuze ko abahanga mu bya siyansi bayobewe kuko kuri ubu bigaragara ko nta sano igaragara mu bantu benshi muri iki gihe cy’indwara ziterwa na monkeypox.