Nayjeeriya oo xaqiijisay kiis Ebola ah markii ugu horreysay

Wasiirka Caafimaadka Muhammad Pate ayaa sheegay in la bilaabay baaritaanka 44 qof oo xiriir la lahaa bukaanka.

Wasaaradda Caafimaadka Nayjeeriya ayaa xaqiijisay kiis Ebola ah oo ka dhacay caasimadda Abuja, ka dib markii haweeney ka timid Uganda ay ku qaadatay fayraska, sida ay wasaaraddu sheegtay.

Bukaanka iyo baaritaanka xiriirka

Haweeneyda ayaa calaamadaha cudurka bilaabay 7 Oktoobar, waxaana afar maalmood ka dib la dhigay isbitaal ku yaal Abuja, halkaas oo markii dambe lagu ogaaday Ebola. Ma cadda goorta ay haweeneydu soo gaadhay Nayjeeriya.

Wasiirka Caafimaadka, Muhammad Pate, ayaa sheegay in mas'uuliyiintu bilaabeen baaritaanka 44 qof oo loo aqoonsaday inay xiriir la lahaayeen bukaanka. Wuxuu yiri: "Waxaan samaynaynaa wax kasta oo suurtagal ah si aan u xakameyno kiiskan annagoo baarayna dhammaan dadka uu qofku xiriir la yeeshay."

Uganda oo sheegtay in aanay kiis firfircoon lahayn

Wasaaradda Caafimaadka Uganda ayaa sheegtay in bukaanku uun soo maray Uganda, isla markaana ay tahay haweeney Nayjeeriyaan ah oo safar ganacsi ku tagtay gobolka bari ee Congo. Wasaaraddu waxay ku caddeysay: "Safar ku marista Uganda ma caddeyso in halkaasuu ku dhacay infekshanka. Goobta ay ku dhacday waxyeelladu wali waa la baarayaa."

Wasaaradda ayaa ku adkaysatay in Uganda aanay lahayn "kiisas Ebola oo firfircoon oo la xaqiijiyay". Dhanka kale, mas'uuliyiinta Nayjeeriya ma ay shaacin jinsiyadda bukaanka.

Faafitaanka gobolka iyo digniinaha caafimaad

Kenya ayaa xaqiijisay kiiskeedii ugu horreeyay bilowga bishan, waxaana tan iyo markaas la diiwaangeliyay sagaal infekshano. Dr Jean Kaseya, oo ah agaasimaha guud ee Xarunta Afrika ee Xakameynta Cudurrada, ayaa ku qoray X in "aan la kulannay khatar aad u daran", isagoo sheegay in heerka dhimashadu ku dhow yahay 50% kiisaska.

Dr Kaseya wuxuu kaloo yiri: "Faafitaanka Ebola ee Bundibugyo wuxuu horey u noqday kii ugu ballaarnaa juqraafi ahaan taariikhda, isagoo saameeyay dalal dhowr ah oo ku kala yaal saddex gobol oo Afrika ah." Nayjeeriya waxay dhistay guddi hawleed Ebola bishii Juun ka dib faafitaanka Congo badhtamihii Maajo. Fayraska naadirka ah ee Bundibugyo ayaa waxyeelleeyay in ka badan 9,500 qof wuxuuna dilay in ka badan 4,600 qof.

Health Minister Muhammad Pate says authorities are tracing 44 contacts of a woman who arrived from Uganda and later tested positive.

Nigeria has confirmed an Ebola case in its capital, Abuja, after a woman who arrived from Uganda tested positive, the health ministry said. The woman began showing symptoms on 7 October and was admitted to an Abuja hospital four days later, where she was later diagnosed with Ebola.

Contact Tracing Under Way in Abuja

Health Minister Muhammad Pate said authorities had begun tracing 44 people identified as contacts of the patient. "We are doing everything possible to contain this case by tracing all the contacts the individual may have had," he said. It is unclear when the woman arrived in Nigeria, and the Nigerian authorities have not disclosed her nationality.

Uganda Says Patient Only Transited Through the Country

Uganda's ministry of health said the patient had only transited through Uganda and that she is a Nigerian woman who had been on a business trip to Congo's eastern region. In a statement, the ministry said: "Travel through Uganda does not establish that infection occurred here. The location of exposure remains under investigation." It insisted Uganda has "no confirmed active Ebola cases".

Kenya confirmed its first Ebola case earlier this month and has since recorded nine infections. Dr Jean Kaseya, director general of the Africa Centers for Disease Control, said on X that "we are facing an extremely serious threat," with a fatality rate of nearly 50% of cases. "This Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak has already become the most geographically extensive in history, affecting several countries spread across three regions of Africa," he said.

Preparedness and the Scale of the Outbreak

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control said two weeks ago it was stepping up surveillance following the detection of Ebola in Kenya and strengthening the country's preparedness for a potential outbreak. "These efforts have focused on early detection, isolation and referral, laboratory diagnosis, infection prevention and control, contact tracing, risk communication and protection of health care workers," the agency said. Nigeria established an Ebola taskforce in June after the outbreak in Congo in mid-May.

The rare Bundibugyo virus has infected more than 9,500 people and killed more than 4,600 people. According to WHO, the latest outbreak is the fastest-spreading on record and is on track to exceed the deadliest on record, the 11,000 people killed in West Africa's regional outbreak between 2014 and 2016.