U Rwanda rurakora ibishoboka byose ngo rubone inkingo za virusi ya Marburg, nk’uko Minisitiri w’Ubuzima Dr. Sabin Nsanzimana yabitangarije mu kiganiro kuri Televiziyo y’u Rwanda (RTV) ku itariki ya 2 Ukwakira.
Nubwo nta nkingo zemewe ziboneka kugeza ubu, uyu minisitiri yagaragaje icyizere ko u Rwanda rushobora kuzigera vuba, bitewe n’ubufatanye n’Ishami ry’Umuryango w’Abibumbye ryita ku Buzima (WHO) mu kwihutisha ibizamini by’imiti.
Kuri ubu, u Rwanda rumaze kwemeza ibyago 36 by’indwara ya virusi ya Marburg, harimo abantu 25 bari mu kato n’abantu 11 bahitanwe n’iyi ndwara. Mu gihe hategerejwe inkingo, igihugu gitanga ubufasha mu kwita ku bagaragaweho ibimenyetso no gukora ubushakashatsi ku miti mishya ikiri mu iterambere, nk’uko Dr. Nsanzimana yabyemeje. Kwirinda indwara no kubona imiti ni ingenzi mu kurokora ubuzima no kugabanya ikwirakwizwa ry’iyi virusi.
Umuhuzabikorwa w’Ishami ry’Ubuzima ku Rwanda, Dr. Brian Chirombo, yagaragaje imbogamizi mu gukora urukingo, asobanura ko ibyago bike mu bihe by’icyorezo cyabanje byabangamiye ibizamini binini. Ariko, u Rwanda ni kimwe mu bihugu 17 bihari biteguye gukora ibizamini vuba na vuba mu gihe amahirwe abonekeye.
Ibikorwa byo gukumira iyi virusi birimo ibikoresho byo koza intoki ahantu hatandukanye, nk’ahacururizwa ibiribwa n’ahandi, hashingiwe ku mabwiriza mashya y’Ikigo cy’Ubuzima. Urugendo rwo kujya mu bitaro rwahagaritswe, kandi ingamba zikomeye z’isuku zirakomeje gushyirwamo. Minisiteri yanagabanyije imihango yo gusezerera abapfuye bazize virusi ya Marburg, ikagena abantu 50 bonyine bemerewe kwitabira no kubuza kureba mu gitanda cy’abapfuye.
Abaturage barasabwa kuguma maso, umuntu wese ugize ibimenyetso nko kugira umuriro ukabije, umutwe ukomeye, kuruka, cyangwa uburibwe mu ngingo arasabwa gukorana na Rwanda Biomedical Centre (RBC) ku murongo w’itumanaho udasaba amafaranga 114 cyangwa akagana ikigo nderabuzima kibegereye.
