Umukecuru w’imyaka 90 yabaye umuntu wa mbere uhawe urukingo rwa Covid-19, mu gikorwa cy’ikingira kirimo gutangizwa mu Bwongereza.
Margaret Keenan, uzuzuza imyaka 91 mu cyumweru gitaha, yavuze ko iyi ari yo “mpano nziza cyane ya mbere y’igihe cy’umunsi mukuru w’amavuko” ye.
Yatewe urushinge ku isaha ya 06:31 GMT (ni ukuvuga saa mbili n’iminota 31 mu Rwanda no mu Burundi).
Urwo rukingo yahawe ni imwe muri doze 800,000 z’urukingo rw’ibigo Pfizer na BionTech zigiye gutangwa mu Bwongereza mu byumweru biri imbere.
Byitezwe ko izindi doze zigera kuri miliyoni enye zizaba zageze mu Bwongereza mu mpera y’uku kwezi.
Ahantu hatoranyijwe ho gutangira urwo rukingo hazakingirirwa abarengeje imyaka 80 ndetse na bamwe mu baganga n’abita ku bageze mu zabukuru.
Iyi gahunda igamije kurinda abafite ibyago byinshi byo kwandura Covid-19 ndetse no gutuma ubuzima busubira kuba ubusanzwe, nka mbere yuko Covid-19 yaduka.
May Parsons ukuriye ikigo cyita ku bageze mu bazukuru ni we wakingiye Madamu Keenan ku bitaro bya Kaminuza byo mu mujyi wa Coventry.
Madamu Keenan yagize ati: “Ndumva nitaweho cyane kuba mbaye umuntu wa mbere ukingiwe Covid-19, ni yo mpano nziza cyane ya mbere y’igihe cy’umunsi mukuru w’amavuko nashoboraga kwifuza guhabwa…
“Kubera ko bivuze ko ubu noneho nshobora kugira amashyushyu yo kuba hamwe n’umuryango wanjye n’inshuti mu mwaka mushya nyuma yo kubaho ndi jyenyine mu gihe kinini cyane cy’uyu mwaka”.
Yongeyeho ati: “Ntabwo nshobora gushimira bihagije May n’abakozi ba NHS [ikigo cy’ubuzima cy’Ubwongereza] banyitayeho cyane, kandi inama nagira umuntu wese wabwiwe iby’urukingo ni ukurufata – niba nshobora kurufata mfite imyaka 90, nawe bivuze ko ushobora kurufata”.
Ubwongereza ni cyo gihugu cya mbere ku isi gitangiye gutanga urukingo rwa Pfizer nyuma yuko mu cyumweru gishize abagenzuzi b’imiti bo muri icyo gihugu bemeje ko rutangira gukoreshwa.
Mu Bwongereza ntabwo ari itegeko kwikingiza.
Urukingo rwahawe Madamu Keenan ni urwa mbere muri doze 800,000 z’urukingo rwa Pfizer/BioNTech leta y’Ubwongereza yabonye, zigiye gutangwa mu byumweru biri imbere.
Ubwongereza bwatumije inkingo miliyoni 40 zose hamwe – zihagije ku bantu miliyoni 20, kuko hacyenewe kuzitanga kabiri – ariko nyinshi muri izo ntabwo byitezwe ko ziboneka mbere y’umwaka utaha.
Gusa bamwe muri leta y’Ubwongereza bavuze ko izindi doze miliyoni enye zagombye kuba zageze mu gihugu mu mpera y’uku kwezi.
N. Aimee
src: BBC
