Baaritaan ku socda in bukaannada Ebola ee Nigeria iyo Kenya ay isku soo maray garoonka diyaaradaha Uganda
Africa CDC ayaa sheegtay in labada bukaan ay soo mareen garoonka Entebbe 3 Oktoobar, laakiin aan weli la xaqiijin xiriir u dhexeeya
Saraakiisha caafimaadka ayaa baaraya in bukaannada Ebola ee Nigeria iyo Kenya ay isku soo mareen garoonka weyn ee diyaaradaha Uganda horaantii bishan, sida ay Africa CDC sheegtay Khamiistii. Labada bukaan waxay soo mareen garoonka Entebbe 3 Oktoobar, laakiin lama xaqiijin inay kulmeen ama isku qalab isticmaaleen.
Baaritaanka garoonka Entebbe
Baarayaashu waxay eegayaan in labada bukaan ay isku qaabeen qalab la wadaago ama xiriir kale, sida ay Africa CDC sheegtay. Dr Wessam Mankoula, oo ah madaxa diyaargarowga iyo ka jawaabista degdegga ah ee Africa CDC, ayaa sheegay in arrintan ay tahay mid ka mid ah suurtagalnimaha, balse xoojiyay in aan xiriir la aqoonsan. Waxa uu Khamiistii u sheegay weriyeyaasha in mid ka mid ah arrimaha la baarayo ay tahay isdhexgalka labada kiis ee garoonka. Baarayaashu waxay sidoo kale eegayaan in labada infekshan ay isku il ka soo jeedaan.
Xaaladda Nigeria iyo Kenya
Nigeria waxay la halgamaa kiiskeeda ugu horreeya Ebola muddo in ka badan toban sano. Bukaanka Nigeria waa haweeney 42 jir ah oo ku dhalatay Uganda, deggan Abuja, oo daawo ku helaysa go'doon, sida WHO sheegtay. Waxay soo noqotay Nigeria 3 Oktoobar ka dib markii ay ku qaadatay about laba toddobaad iyo badh Uganda, iyadoo soo martay Addis Ababa. Waxay calaamado yeelatay afar maalmood ka dib, waxaana laga helay Ebola 20 Oktoobar. Kenya waxay xaqiijisay sagaal infekshan oo Ebola ah, oo ay ku jirto hal dhimasho.
Xiriirka la baarayo iyo tillaabooyinka
Dr Patrick Otim oo ka tirsan WHO ayaa sheegay in aan ilaha soo-gaadhista la garanayn, isla markaana taariikhda safarka bukaanka la isku dubbaridayso. WHO waxay sheegtay in ay goor hore tahay in la ogaado halka haweeneyda Nigeria ku qaadatay fayraska. NCDC ayaa ku jirta baaritaan genomic sequencing ah, sida Dr Pavel Ursu sheegay. Africa CDC waxay sheegtay in Nigeria ay aqoonsatay dad dheeraad ah oo laga yaabo inay soo-gaadhisteen, oo dhaafsiisan 44 xiriir. Mankoula ayaa sheegay in badankood ay yihiin shaqaale caafimaad iyo qaar ka mid ah xubnaha qoyska.
Africa CDC says an airport interaction is one possible scenario, but no link has been established between the two cases.
Health officials are investigating whether Ebola patients in Nigeria and Kenya may have crossed paths at Uganda's main airport earlier this month, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention said on Thursday. Both patients travelled through Entebbe airport on 3 October.
Airport interaction under investigation, but no link confirmed
Investigators are examining whether the two patients could have been exposed through shared equipment or other contact, according to the Africa CDC. Dr Wessam Mankoula, the agency's head of emergency preparedness and response, described an airport interaction as "one of the possible scenarios", while stressing that no link had been established. He told journalists on Thursday: "One of the issues we are currently investigating has been some sort of interaction between the two cases at the airport." Investigators are also examining whether the two infections could have a common source.
Nigerian patient's exposure still unknown
The Nigerian patient is a 42-year-old Ugandan-born woman who lives in Abuja and is receiving treatment in isolation, showing signs of improvement, according to the WHO. She returned to Nigeria on 3 October after about two and a half weeks in Uganda, with a two-hour stopover in Addis Ababa. She developed symptoms four days after arriving in Abuja and tested positive for Ebola on 20 October. Dr Patrick Otim of the WHO said: "The source of exposure is still not known. The travel history of the patient is still being pieced together."
Sequencing and contact tracing in Nigeria
Nigeria's Centre for Disease Control and Prevention said it was carrying out genomic sequencing, which could help investigators understand whether the infection is related to other cases. Dr Pavel Ursu, the WHO's representative in Nigeria, said: "The investigation is reconstructing the full travel and exposure history. Genomic sequencing is given a high priority." The Africa CDC said Nigeria had identified additional people who may have been exposed beyond the 44 contacts initially reported, most of them healthcare workers.
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