Kasar Rwanda ta kaddamar da shirin allurar rigakafi na mpox wato cutar ƙyandar Biri na farko a Afirka, wanda ke nuna wani muhimmin mataki a yakin da nahiyar ke yi da cutar.
Ya zuwa ranar Talata, kasar ta ba da allurai 300 na alluran rigakafin ga mutane masu hadarin gaske a yankin kan iyaka da Jamhuriyar Demokradiyyar Kongo (DRC).
Jean Kaseya, Darakta-Janar na Cibiyar Yaki da Cututtuka ta Afirka (Africa CDC), ya tabbatar da fara yakin neman zaben, yana mai bayyana gaggawar dakile barkewar cutar.
“Dole ne a dakatar da wannan barkewar cikin sauri,” in ji Kaseya.
Ya kuma yi nuni da bukatar samar da allurar rigakafi a cikin gida, yana mai cewa, “Muna aiki kafada da kafada da masana’antunmu da abokan huldar mu don tabbatar da samar da wadannan alluran rigakafin a Afirka.”
Ma’aikatar Lafiya ta Rwanda ta yi niyya ga ma’aikatan kiwon lafiya, masu gudanar da harkokin kasuwanci na kan iyaka, ma’aikatan karbar baki, da sauran jama’a masu hadarin gaske a farkon shirin.
DRC ta ci gaba da kasancewa a cibiyar barkewar cutar mpox na Afirka, inda ta ba da rahoton sabbin maganganu 2,912 da mutuwar mutane 14 a cikin makon da ya gabata kadai, wanda ya kawo adadin zuwa 6,105 da mutuwar 738 tun daga watan Janairu.
Ana sa ran DRC za ta fara kokarinta na rigakafin a farkon Oktoba, tare da allurai 165,000 da aka riga aka ba da kuma wasu karin kayayyaki da kasashen Turai suka yi alkawari.
Tedros Ghebreyesus, Darakta-Janar na Hukumar Lafiya ta Duniya (WHO), ya yi kira ga hadin gwiwar kasa da kasa don dakatar da yaduwar mpox.
“Ana buƙatar haɗin gwiwar kasa da kasa da tallafi don dakatar da yaduwar cutar,” Ghebreyesus ya rubuta a kan X (tsohon Twitter).
Haka kuma sauran kasashen Afirka ciki har da Najeriya sun samu tallafi ta hanyar bayar da tallafin rigakafin cutar.
A watan Agusta, Amurka ta baiwa Najeriya allurai 10,000 na allurar rigakafin cutar ta mpox ta hannun hukumar USAID, wanda hakan ya kara karfafa kokarin dakile barkewar cutar.
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