Ghana ta tabbatar da bullar cutar Marburg guda biyu mai saurin yaduwa

A hukumance Ghana ta tabbatar da bullar cutar Marburg guda biyu, cuta ce mai saurin yaduwa mai kama da Ebola, in ji ma'aikatar lafiya ta kasar a ranar Lahadin da ta gabata, bayan da wasu mutane biyu da suka mutu daga baya suka kamu da cutar a farkon wannan wata.

Gwaje-gwajen da aka gudanar a Ghana sun dawo lafiya a ranar 10 ga watan Yuli, amma sai da wani dakin gwaje-gwaje a kasar Senegal ya tabbatar da sakamakon, domin a tabbatar da kamuwa da cutar a cewar hukumar lafiya ta duniya.

"Karin gwaje-gwajen da aka yi a Cibiyar Pasteur da ke Dakar, Senegal, sun tabbatar da sakamakon," in ji Hukumar Lafiya ta Ghana (GHS) a cikin wata sanarwa.

GHS yana aiki don rage duk wani haɗarin yaduwar ƙwayar cuta, gami da ware duk abokan hulɗa da aka gano, wanda babu wanda ya sami alamun cutar ya zuwa yanzu, in ji shi.

Wannan dai shi ne karo na biyu da bullar cutar Marburg a yammacin Afirka. An gano bullar cutar ta farko a shekarar da ta gabata a kasar Guinea, ba tare da gano wasu masu dauke da cutar ba.

Majinyatan biyu da ke yankin kudancin Ashanti na da alamomi kamar gudawa, zazzabi, tashin zuciya da amai, kafin su mutu a asibiti, in ji WHO tun da farko.

An sami barkewar cutar Marburg guda goma sha biyu tun daga 1967, galibi a kudanci da gabashin Afirka. Adadin mace-mace ya kai daga kashi 24% zuwa 88% a cikin bullar cutar da ta gabata, ya danganta da nau'in kwayar cutar da sarrafa shari'ar, a cewar WHO. - Reuters

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