Iimeko ze-Mpox ziyaqhubeka zisasazeka kwilizwekazi laseAfrika, ebonisa ukwanda kwe-500% ukusuka kunyaka odlulileyo, idatha evela kwi-Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (i-Afrika CDC) ibonise longxelo ngoLwesine umhla wamashumi amathathu ananye.
Umbutho wezeMpilo weHlabathi ubhengeze iMpox njenge ngxakeko yezempilo yehlabathi phakathi ku-Agasti, emva kokuba uhlobo olutsha lwaqala ukusasazeka ukusuka kwiDemocratic Republic of Congo ukuya kumazwe angabamelwane.
“Imeko ayikalawuleki. Sisenyuka ngokubanzi, ”utshilo uNgashi Ngongo ovela e-Afrika CDC kwingxelo emfutshane.
Amazwe alishumi elinesithoba ase-Afrika abone ngaphezulu kwe-48,000 yeemeko ezirhanelwa ukuba yi-Mpox kubandakanya ukusweleka kwe-1,048 ukuza kuthi ga ngoku kulo nyaka, ngokwedatha ye-arhente yezempilo yoluntu.
Umbindi we-Afrika, eyona nto ichaphazeleke kakhulu kukuqhambuka, ibalelwa kwi-85.7% yamatyala kunye ne-99.5% yokufa kwilizwekazi.
Intsholongwane inokosulela ngokudibana ngokusondeleyo emzimbeni, kubandakanywa nokwabelana ngesondo.
Luhlobo olutsha, olwaziwa njenge-clade 1b, kwaye lunwenwela eYurophu kwaye lwabhaqwa eSweden, eJamani naseBritane.
“Kufuneka siqhubeke nokuhlanganisa ukuzibandakanya kwezopolitiko kwaye sihlanganise inkxaso yezemali ebaluleke kakhulu ukuze silawule ukuqhambuka,” utshilo uNgongo.
“Asifuni ukuba le Mpox, ngakumbi i-clade 1b, ibe sesinye isifo esosulela ngesondo, esinokuba sibi kakhulu kune-COVID-19.” Uyivale ngelitshoyo.