Leta ya Nigeria yamenyesheje ko mu ntara ya Cross River mu majyepfo y’icyo gihugu habonetse Umushinwa urwaye icyorezo cya COVID-19.
Ibinyamakuru byo muri iyo ntara biravuga ko uwo Mushinwa asanzwe ari umukozi w’ishyirahamwe rikorera muri iyo ntara, nk’uko byemejwe na Minisitiri w’ubuzima w’iyo ntara, Dr Henry Ayuk.
Yavuze ko uwo murwayi yageze muri Nigeria avuye mu Bushinwa ku wa 17 Werurwe 2026, hanyuma aza gufatwa ahita ajyanwa kuvurirwa mu bitaro bya Leta.
Amakuru avuga ko nyuma yaje kwimurirwa mu bitaro bya Kaminuza ya Calabar, aho ibipimo byemeje ko yanduye COVID-19.
Abategetsi b’iyo ntara bavuze ko ubuzima bw’uwo mushinwa bumeze neza, banemeza ko amategeko yose y’ubuvuzi yakurikijwe mbere yo kwemeza iyo ndwara.
Ikigo gishinzwe kurinda no kurwanya indwara muri Nigeria (NCDC) nacyo cyemeje ko uwo murwayi wa COVID-19 yabonetse muri icyo gihugu.
Iki kigo cyavuze ko uwo murwayi yashyizwe mu kato kandi ari kuvurwa hakurikijwe amategeko agenga ubuvuzi muri Nigeria.
Cyavuze ko nta bimenyetso by’ikwirakwira ry’icyo cyorezo biragaragara, kandi ko igikorwa cyo gukurikirana abo bahuye n’uwanduye kiri kugenda neza.
Abategetsi bavuga ko igihe uwo murwayi yatangiriye kugaragaza ibimenyetso cyerekana ko ashobora kuba yaranduriye iyo ndwara muri Nigeria.
Ishami ry’Umuryango w’Abibumbye ryita ku Buzima (OMS/WHO) rivuga ko COVID-19 ikomeje gukwirakwira ku isi yose, ariko mu rugero ruri hasi.
OMS yerekana ko virusi ya SARS-CoV-2 ikiri nke ku isi yose, nubwo hari ukwiyongera mu turere tumwe na tumwe, harimo n’ibice bya Afurika, kandi indwara zikomeye n’impfu biri hasi y’ibipimo byo mu gihe cy’icyorezo.
NDEKEZI JOHNSON / UMUSEKE.RW
