Kenya oo ku dhawaaqday dhimashadii labaad ee Ebola, Wasaaradda Caafimaadka oo sheegtay in aanay jirin caddayn faafitaan bulsho

Wasaaradda Caafimaadka Kenya ayaa sheegtay in dhimashada ugu dambaysay ay ahayd haweeney 65 jir ah oo xanuunka soo gaadhay intii ay karantiil ku jirtay

Kenya ayaa ku dhawaaqday dhimashadii labaad ee Ebola, ka dib markii Wasaaradda Caafimaadka dalkaasi ay Jimcihii sheegtay in dhimashada ugu dambaysay ay ahayd haweeney 65 jir ah oo xanuunka soo gaadhay intii ay karantiil ku jirtay, sida ay Wasaaraddu sheegtay.

Dhimashada labaad iyo xaaladda hadda jirta

Wasaaradda Caafimaadka Kenya ayaa Jimcihii sheegtay in haweeney 65 jir ah ay dhimatay ka dib markii xanuunka Ebola soo gaadhay intii ay karantiil ku jirtay. Haweeneydaasi waxay qaraabo dhow la ahayd nin Kenyaan ah oo Ebola ku dhintay horraantii bishan. Wasaaraddu waxay intaa ku dartay in Kenya hadda ay leedahay toddoba xaaladood oo Ebola ah oo lagu daaweynayo laba xarun oo karantiil.

Wasaaradda Caafimaadka Kenya waxay sheegtay in dhammaan xaaladahaasi ay ku jiraan hal koox, iyadoo aanay jirin caddayn faafitaan bulsho. Xaaladda ugu horreysay ee Ebola ee Kenya waxaa la aqoonsaday bishan nin ka soo safray Jamhuuriyadda Dimuqraadiga ah ee Kongo oo ku dhintay isbitaal ku yaal Nairobi 5 Oktoobar. Tan iyo markaas, mas'uuliyiinta Kenya waxay raadraaceen 135 qof oo xiriir la lahaa, kuwaas oo dhammaantood la geliyay karantiil, iyadoo sagaal xaaladood la xaqiijiyay, oo ay ku jiraan labada bukaan oo dhintay.

Faafitaanka guud ee Afrika

Jamhuuriyadda Dimuqraadiga ah ee Kongo waxay ku dhawaaqday cudurka Ebola ee 17-aad bishii Maajo, tan iyo markaasna waxay soo sheegtay in ka badan 9,000 xaaladood iyo in ka badan 4,600 dhimasho. Cudurkaasi waxa uu dilay in ka badan 15,000 qof Afrika gudaheed muddadii 50 sano ee la soo dhaafay. Faafitaanka hadda jira waxaa laga soo sheegay afar waddan oo ku yaal bariga, bartamaha iyo galbeedka Afrika, taas oo ka dhigtay midka ugu ballaaran ee juqraafi ahaan faafay qaaradda ilaa hadda.

Nigeria iyo Uganda oo tallaabooyin qaaday

Talaadadii, Nigeria waxay noqotay waddankii afraad ee Afrikaan ah ee soo sheegta xaalad Ebola. Wasiirka Caafimaadka Nigeria Muhammad Ali Pate ayaa Jimcihii sheegay in falanqayn muujisay in xaaladdaasi ay si dhow ula xiriirto fayraska laga helay xaaladda ugu horreysay ee Kenya.

Sabtidii, Uganda waxay ku dhawaaqday in dadka safarka ah ee taariikh safar u leh Jamhuuriyadda Dimuqraadiga ah ee Kongo aan loo oggolaan doonin in ay dhex maraan waddanka Bariga Afrika. Uganda waxay diiwaangelisay 20 qof oo cudurka qaaday, kuwaas oo ku dhowaad dhammaantood ka yimid Jamhuuriyadda Dimuqraadiga ah ee Kongo, iyo laba dhimasho ka hor intii aan la ku dhawaaqin in ay ka nadiif tahay Ebola bishii Agoosto.

The Kenyan Ministry of Health says seven Ebola patients are receiving treatment at two isolation facilities.

Kenya has announced its second Ebola death, the Kenyan Ministry of Health said on Friday. The latest death was a 65-year-old woman who developed symptoms during quarantine and was a close relative of a Kenyan man who died of Ebola earlier this month.

Seven patients in treatment as ministry reports single cluster

The Kenyan Ministry of Health said Kenya currently has seven Ebola cases receiving treatment at two isolation facilities. All the cases are within "one cluster, with no evidence of community spread", the ministry said.

First case traced to travel from DRC as contacts quarantined

Kenya's first Ebola case was identified this month in a man who travelled from the DRC to Kenya and died at a Nairobi hospital on October 5. Kenyan authorities have since traced 135 contacts, all of whom were placed in quarantine, with nine cases confirmed, including the two patients who died.

Outbreak reaches four African countries

The DRC declared its 17th Ebola outbreak in May and has since reported more than 9,000 cases and more than 4,600 deaths. The current outbreak has now been reported in four countries across eastern, central and western Africa, giving it the widest geographic spread of any Ebola outbreak on the continent to date.

On Tuesday, Nigeria became the fourth African country to report an Ebola case. Nigerian Health Minister Muhammad Ali Pate said on Friday that an analysis showed the case was closely related to the virus detected in the index case in Kenya.