Perezida Kagame ati:“Ubu ni ngombwa, ndetse ni ngombwa cyane ugereranyije n’ibihe byatambutse gukurikiza ingamba zishyirwaho na Minisiteri y’Ubuzima n’ibindi bigo, hagamijwe gukumira ikwirakwizwa rya COVID-19 no kurokora ubuzima bw’Abanyarwanda.”
Ishami ry'umuryango w'abibumbye ryita ku buzima (OMS/WHO) ryaburiye ko amoko mashya kandi akwirakwira byihuse kurushaho ya Covid-19 ashobora gutuma inkubiri ya gatatu y'ubwandu muri Afurika iba mbi cyane kurusha ubwiyongere bw'ubwandu bwabayeho mbere.
Ubwoko bwa Delta bwandura cyane - bwabonetse bwa mbere mu Buhinde, burimo kurushaho gukwirakwira mu bihugu by'Afurika.
Uyu mugabane kandi uri inyuma mu bikorwa byo gukingira Covid-19, aho abamaze gukingirwa byuzuye muri Afurika bari ku kigero kiri munsi ya 1.5% by'abamaze gukingirwa bose ku isi.
Kugeza ubu muri Afurika hari ibihugu 21 byagezemo inkubiri ya gatatu y'ubwandu, ndetse 10 muri ibi bihugu birimo kugira ubwandu bukaze cyane kurusha ubwabayeho mbere, nkuko ikigo cy'Afurika cyo guhangana ndetse no gukumira indwara (Africa CDC) kibivuga.
Ubwandu burimo kuzamuka mu bihugu bitari munsi y'icumi. Uganda, Repubulika ya Demokarasi ya Congo, Namibia, Zambia, u Rwanda na Tunisia ni byo byibasiwe cyane.
Ubwoko bwa Delta ni bwo bubitera
OMS yemera ko ikwirakwira ry'ubwoko bwa Delta (bwandura cyane kurushaho) ryagize uruhare mu kwiyongera kw'abanduye n'abicwa na Covid-19 muri Afurika.
Ubu bwoko bwa Delta kugeza ubu bumaze gutahurwa mu bihugu 16 muri Afurika, ndetse bitatu mu bihugu bitanu muri Afurika birimo gutangaza umubare munini cyane w'abanduye bashya byemeje ko ubwo bwoko buhari.
OMS igereranya ko ubu bwoko bushobora kuba bwandura ku kigero kiri hagati ya 30% na 60% kurusha andi moko ya Covid-19.
Mu bihugu bimwe birimo kugira umubare munini w'abanduye bashya, ubu bwoko bwasanzwe muri byinshi mu bipimo by'abo basanzemo Covid-19, nk'urugero muri DR Congo no muri Uganda.