Kusan mutane 30,000 da ake zargi da kamuwa da cutar mpox a Afirka a wannan shekara, in ji Hukumar Lafiya Ta Duniya (WHO).
Kusan mutane 30,000 da ake zargin sun kamu da mpox ne aka samu rahoton bullar cutar a Afirka ya zuwa wannan shekarar, akasarinsu a Jamhuriyar Demokradiyyar Kongo inda gwaje-gwajen suka kare, in ji Hukumar Lafiya ta Duniya a ranar Litinin. Sama da mutane 800 ne suka mutu sakamakon zargin mpox a fadin nahiyar a wancan lokacin, in ji hukumar lafiya ta Majalisar Dinkin Duniya a cikin rahotonta.
Makwabciyar Kongo da ke tsakiyar Afirka ita ma Burundi ta fuskanci barkewar barkewar cutar, in ji shi. Mpox na iya yaduwa ta hanyar kusanci. Yawancin lokaci mai laushi, yana da mutuwa a lokuta da ba kasafai ba. Yawanci yana haifar da alamu masu kama da mura da raunuka masu cike da kumburi a jiki.
Sanarwar ta WHO ba ta bayar da kwatancen alkaluma na shekarun baya ba. Hukumar kula da lafiyar jama’a ta Tarayyar Afirka ta ce an samu rahoton bullar cutar guda 14,957 da kuma mutuwar mutane 739 daga jihohi bakwai da cutar ta shafa a shekarar 2023 – adadin da ya karu da kashi 78.5 cikin 100 daga cikin 2022.
An samu mutane 29,342 da ake zargin sun kamu da cutar da kuma mutuwar mutane 812 a fadin Afirka daga watan Janairu zuwa 15 ga watan Satumba na wannan shekara, a cewar rahoton na WHO. Kimanin mutane 2,082 da aka tabbatar sun kamu da cutar a fadin duniya a cikin watan Agusta kadai, mafi girma tun watan Nuwamba 2022, in ji WHO.
A ranar Asabar, asusun bankin duniya na annoba ya ce zai ba da dala miliyan 128.89 ga kasashen Afirka goma don taimakawa wajen yakar barkewar cutar.
Daga Hukumar Lafiya Ta Duniya
