Afurika y’Epfo yatangaje ko umuntu wa mbere muri icyo gihugu yasanganywe ubwoko bushya bwa coronavirus, akaba ari umugabo uherutse gusura Ubutaliyani ari kumwe n’umugore we.
Ibi bitumye umubare w’abamaze gutangazwa ko banduye coronavirus ku mugabane w’Afurika bagera kuri 27. Algeria ni yo yugarijwe cyane, irimo abarwayi 17, igakurikirwa na Sénégal irimo abarwayi bane.
Uwo mugabo n’umugore we bo muri Afurika y’Epfo, bafite abana babiri, bari mu itsinda ry’abantu 10 basubiye muri Afurika y’Epfo bavuye mu Butaliyani ku itariki ya mbere y’uku kwezi kwa gatatu, nkuko byavuzwe na Zweli Mkhize, Minisitiri w’ubuzima w’Afurika y’Epfo.
Yongeyeho ko uwo mugabo na muganga wamupimye bishyize mu kato.
Bwana Mkhize yavuze ko itsinda ry’abaganga boherejwe mu ntara ya KwaZulu-Natal mu burasirazuba bw’igihugu mu gutahura abantu bagize aho bahurira n’uwo mugabo n’umuganga.
Mu gihe hari abantu bacye bamaze gusanganwa coronavirus muri Afurika, leta zo kuri uyu mugabane zabonye umwanya w’ingenzi w’inyongera wo gutegura ibikoresho byo kuyipima no kuyivura, nkuko umunyamakuru wa BBC Andrew Harding abivuga.
Ariko hari impungenge z’umwihariko ko muri Afurika y’Epfo – ha mbere ku isi hari ubwandu bwinshi bwa virusi ya HIV/VIH itera SIDA – ubwirinzi bw’umubiri bw’abaturage babarirwa muri za miliyoni bwamaze gucika intege, bushobora gushegeshwa kurushaho n’ubu bwoko bundi bwa virusi.
Src: BbC
