Umuganga w'ubutumwa w'Amerika, Peter Stafford, yagaragaye ko yanduye ubwoko bwa Bundibugyo bwa virusi ya Ebola nyuma yo kuvura abarwayi mu bitaro mu ntara ya Ituri, mu Repubulika Démocratique du Congo (RDC). Iyi nkuru yemejwe n'ishirahamwe ry'abakristu ry'Amerika, Serge, ryatangaje kandi ko Stafford yari amaze guhabwa umuti w'igerageza mbere yo kwimurwa mu gihugu ca Amerika.

Selon un communiqué de Serge, umuganga ari mu buvuzi mu bitaro vya Johns Hopkins. Abakozi b'ubuvuzi bari barahuye n'iyo virusi nabo barakurikiranwa kugira ngo barebe niba hari ibimenyetso vy'iyo virusi. Iyi nkuru itera impungenge ku mutekano w'abakozi b'ubuvuzi mu gace aho Ebola ikiri ikibazo gikomeye.

Ubwoko bwa Bundibugyo ni bumwe mu bwoko butanu buzwi bwa virusi ya Ebola kandi bwamenyekanye bwa mbere mu 2007 mu RDC. Ibikorwa vyatewe n'ubu bwoko akenshi ntibiba kenshi ariko bishobora kuba bibi cane. Nk'uko amakuru aboneka abivuga, ikiza gikomeye cane gishingiye kuri ubu bwoko cabaye mu 2018.

Si ubwa mbere abakozi b'ubuvuzi bagize ingaruka z'iyo virusi mu Ituri. Mu kwezi kwa gatandatu 2019, umugore umwe yarapfuye azize Ebola i Bunia, n'ubwo hariho ingamba zo kwirinda zafashwe n'amasangano nka Médecins Sans Frontières. Iyi ngorane igaragaza ibibazo bihoraho abakozi b'ubuvuzi bahura na vyo muri aka gace.

Ibibazo vy'ubuzima mu RDC biragoye, bifise ibice vyinshi vy'ubwandu n'uburyo bw'ubuvuzi akenshi budahagije. Mu kwezi kwa kane 2019, minisiteri y'ubuzima yari yatangaje ko abantu 100 bapfuye bazize Ebola mu gihe c'ibyumweru bitatu gusa.

Amakuru aturuka mu gace avuga ko inzego z'ubuzima ziri gukaza ingamba zo gukumira iyi ngorane nshasha. Gukangurira no gutoza amatsinda y'abakozi b'ubuvuzi ku mategeko y'isuku birakenewe cane kugira ngo hato hataboneka ikwirakwizwa ry'iyo virusi.