KINSHASA (The Thursday Times) — Sarkari adad-o-shumar ke mutabiq Democratic Republic of the Congo mein Ebola se halakaton ki tadad 5,000 se tajawuz kar gayi hai, jis se yeh mulk mein ab tak record ki gayi is virus ki sab se halakat khez waba ban gayi hai, aur ise phailane wali qism ka koi manzoor shuda ilaj ya vaccine maujood nahin.
May mein waba ke elan ke baad se 10,000 se zyada log mutasir ho chuke hain. Yeh virus ki nayab Bundibugyo qism se phail rahi hai, jis ke liye koi manzoor shuda ilaj ya vaccine nahin, aur yeh mulk ke 26 subon mein se aath tak pahunch chuki hai kyunke takheer se tashkhees, musallah tanaza aur dabao ka shikar sehat ki sahooliyat ki wajah se yeh maazi ki wabaon ke muqable mein tezi se phaili.
Virus sarhadein paar kar chuka hai. Mashriqi Africa mein Kenya aur Uganda mein cases report hue hain, aur guzishta hafte Nigeria case ki tasdeeq karne wala chautha Africi mulk ban gaya, jis se waba Maghribi Africa tak phail gayi. Yeh ab tak record ki gayi Ebola ki doosri bari waba hai, aur sirf 2014 se 2016 tak Guinea, Liberia aur Sierra Leone ki waba se peeche hai, jis mein 28,600 se zyada log mutasir aur 11,000 se zyada halak hue thay.
Hukumatein safri qawaneen sakht kar rahi hain. Saudi Press Agency ke mutabiq Saudi Arab ne Juma ko Kenya ka safar aur wahan se aamad mualtal kar di, Kenya ke musafiron ke visa rok diye aur har us shakhs ke dakhle par pabandi laga di jo guzishta 21 din mein Kenya ya kisi doosre mutasira mulk mein raha ho, bashamool transit musafiron ke. Mamlakat ne June mein DRC, Uganda aur South Sudan ka safar aur wahan se aamad mualtal kar di thi.
Update, 31 October: Nigeria ne Hafte ko kaha ke us ne apne shimal mashriqi ilaqe mein Ebola ke do mashkook cases ki nishandahi ki hai. Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention ne kaha, "Donon afrad ko alag thalag kar diya gaya hai, rabte mein aane walon ki nishandahi aur fehrist sazi jari hai, aur laboratory tests kiye ja rahe hain", aur mazeed kaha ke in cases ki abhi tasdeeq nahin hui. Nigeria ne 20 October ko aik dahai se zyada arse mein apne pehle case ka elan kiya tha, jab Uganda se safar kar ke aane wali aik Swiss khatoon ka test musbat aaya tha; unhein aur un ke shohar, jo Swiss sifaratkar hain, Switzerland muntaqil kar diya gaya hai.
