Leta y’u Bushinwa iri gufata ingamba zikomeye nyuma y’uko abarenga 7,000 banduye virusi ya chikungunya, indwara iterwa n’imibu, mu ntara ya Guangdong, guhera muri Nyakanga 2025.
Umujyi wa Foshan, ni wo wahungabanyijwe cyane n’iyi ndwara, aho abarwayi bategetswe kuguma mu bitaro, ibitanda byabo bikazirikanwaho inzitiramibu, kandi bakemererwa gusohoka gusa nyuma y’icyumweru cyangwa ari uko bapimwe bagasangwa nta virusi bagifite.
Chikungunya ni virusi yandurira mu kurumwa n’umubu wanduye. Irangwa n’uburibwe bukabije bw’imitsi, umuriro, umutwe, impiswi, no kubyimba ingingo. Nubwo itica cyane, uburibwe bw’imitsi bushobora kumara amezi cyangwa imyaka, cyane cyane ku bantu bafite intege nke.
Ubusanzwe iyi virusi iboneka cyane muri Aziya y’Epfo n’Iburasirazuba ndetse no muri Afurika, ariko mu Bushinwa ni ubwa mbere igaragaye ku rugero rugaragara.
Nubwo benshi barwara bagakira mu cyumweru kimwe, hari bamwe bashobora kugira ibimenyetso birambye. Abo barimo: Abana bavuka, Abasaza n’abakecuru, Abafite izindi ndwara nk’umutima cyangwa diyabete.
Kugeza ubu nta muti uvura chikungunya, ariko n’ubwo bimeze bityo, impfu ziterwa n’iyi ndwara ziracyari nke cyane.
Chikungunya ntiyandurira hagati y’abantu, ahubwo ikwirakwizwa n’umubu wanduye urumye umuntu ufite virusi, hanyuma ugasubira kuruma undi muntu. Ku wa Mbere w’iki cyumweru, umuhungu w’imyaka 12 wo muri Hong Kong yagaragaje ibimenyetso nyuma yo gutembera i Foshan.
Abayobozi batangaje ko 95% by’abarwayi bakize mu minsi 7, ariko iby’iyi ndwara biracyateye impungenge n’ubwoba mu baturage, cyane cyane kubera ko batazi byinshi kuri yo.
Umwe mubakoresha wa Weibo (urubuga nkoranyambaga rwo mu Bushinwa) yanditse ati:
“Biteye ubwoba! Niba uburibwe bushobora kumara imyaka, ibyo ni ibintu bikomeye.”
Leta y’u Bushinwa irimo gufata ingamba zikomeye, zirimo:
- Gushyira abaturage mu bitaro cyangwa kwigengesera nk’uko byakorwaga muri Covid-19
- Gukoresha indege nto zigenzura (drones) mu gushaka ahari amazi yaheranywe
- Gufungura amafi arya imibu mu biyaga (mu cyumweru gishize i Foshan hafunguwe amafi 5,000)
- Guhana abaturage batakuye amazi ahagaze mu ngo zabo (nk’aya mu mavaze, mu macupa asigaye n’ahandi), aho bashobora no gucibwa amande y’amafaranga 10,000 yuan (angana na $1,400)
- Gufungura “imibu ya rutura” izwiho kurya imibu mito itwara virusi
Mu minsi ishize, hari n’imijyi yari yatangiye gushyira abagenzi baturutse Foshan mu kato k’iminsi 14, nubwo iyo gahunda yaje gusubikwa.
Nubwo Leta iri gushyira mu bikorwa izi ngamba, abaturage bamwe barazikemanga, bavuga ko zikabije ugereranyije n’uburyo virusi yandura. Umwe yagize ati:
“Ni nde wigeze arumwa n’umurwayi? Mbese ni umurwayi uruma abantu?”
Abandi baragaruka ku nkuru za Covid-19, aho abaturage bashyirwaga mu makambi y’irondoka cyangwa amazu agafungwa atunguranye.
Ishami ry’Umuryango w’Abibumbye ryita ku buzima (WHO) rivuga ko inzira nziza yo kwirinda chikungunya ari ugukuraho amazi ahagaze, kuko ari ho imibu ibyarira.
Kuva iyi virusi yamenyekana bwa mbere mu 1952 muri Tanzania, imaze gutangazwa mu bihugu birenga 110.
