KINSHASA (The Thursday Times) — Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention ne Peer ko bataya ke Africa mein Ebola ki waba se halakaton ki tadad 5,300 se barh gayi hai, jin mein se chaar ke siwa tamam halakatein Democratic Republic of the Congo mein hui hain.
Idare ke aadad-o-shumar ke mutabiq 5,376 halakatein hui hain: DRC mein 5,372, aur Kenya aur Uganda mein do do. Teen mulkon mein taqreeban 10,444 log Ebola mein mubtila hue hain, aur mubtila hone walon mein se aadhe se zyada halak ho chuke hain. DRC mein halakaton ki tadad 5,000 se barh gayi thi abhi chand din pehle hi.
DRC ne May ke wasat mein is waba ka elan kiya, jo us ki 17wi aur sab se bari waba hai. Yeh virus ki nayab Bundibugyo qism se phaili hai, jis ka koi manzoor shuda ilaj ya vaccine maujood nahin. Pichhle chand hafton mein Ervebo ke clinical trials shuru hue hain, yeh aisi vaccine hai jo zyada aam Zaire qism ke khilaf muassir sabit hui hai.
Uganda mein 20 cases samne aaye, jin mein se taqreeban tamam woh log thay jo DRC se safar kar ke aaye thay, phir August mein use Ebola se paak qarar de diya gaya. Kenya mein October mein pehli baar cases samne aaye, jin mein 9 log mubtila hue aur do halak hue.
Nigeria ne October mein aik dahai se zyada muddat mein apna pehla bahar se aaya hua case report kiya, jis mein koi halakat nahin hui. Wahan ke sehat ke hukkam ne bataya ke mulk ke shimal mashriq mein do mushtabeh cases ke test do marhalon mein manfi aaye. France ne July mein sirf aik case report kiya, jo DRC se wapas aane wale sehat ke aik karkun ka tha.



