By Abbas Yakubu Yaura
Ma’aikatan lafiya uku a jihar Edo sun kamu da cutar zazzabin Lassa tsakanin 10 ga watan Janairu zuwa 16 ga Janairu, 2022, kamar yadda rahoton cututtukan da aka samu daga Cibiyar Kula da Cututtuka ta Najeriya ya nuna.
Cibiyar ta bayyana cewa yayin da aka samu rahoton mutuwar mutane 102 tsakanin mako daya zuwa mako na 52 a shekarar 2021, an samu rahoton mutuwar mutane 11 a cikin makonni biyun farko na shekarar 2022, wanda ya zuwa yanzu an samu rahoton mutuwar mutane 113.
Jaridar Dimokuradiyya ta rawaito cewa cutar zazzabin Lassa, cuta ce da ke yaduwa a Najeriya, tana kara habaka a lokacin noman rani inda ake samun karin masu kamuwa da cutar.
Tun bayan bullar cutar ta karshe a shekarar 2016, NCDC ta lura cewa an samu karuwar masu kamuwa da cutar. A shekarar 2019, cibiyar ta lura cewa an samu rahoton bullar cutar guda 796, yayin da a shekarar 2020, an tabbatar da adadin mutane 1,165 yayin da cutar COVID-19 ta yi kamari.
A shekarar 2021, cibiyar ta kara da cewa, ta bayar da rahoton jimillar mutane 4,654 da ake zargin sun kamu da cutar, yayin da aka samu jimillar mutane 465 da ake zargin sun kamu da cutar a bana.
A cewar rahoton halin da ake ciki, Jihohi 11 ne suka samu rahoton akalla mutum daya a kananan hukumomi 27.
Rahoton ya kara da cewa, “A cikin dukkan wadanda aka tabbatar sun kamu da cutar, kashi 74 cikin 100 sun fito ne daga jihohin Edo da Bauchi da kuma Ondo. Sabbin ma’aikatan kiwon lafiya uku ne abin ya shafa daga jihar Edo a cikin makon.
“An samu karuwar adadin wadanda aka tabbatar sun kamu da cutar zazzabin Lassa a fadin Najeriya. Alamun sun hada da zub da jini da ba za a iya bayyanawa ba daga kunnuwa, hanci, baki, da sauran kafofin jiki; ciwon makogwaro; zazzaɓi; ciwon ciki; amai; tari; ciwon tsoka na gaba ɗaya da kuma gudawa.
“Har ila yau, yaduwar ta mutum ga mutum na iya faruwa ta hanyar saduwa, jini, fitsari, najasa, amai da sauran ruwan jikin mai cutar. Tsakanin kamuwa da cuta da bayyanar alamun cutar shine kwanaki shida zuwa 21.
“Ganewar cutar zazzabin Lassa da wuri lokacin da ake fama da alamun cutar yana kara yiwuwar tsira.”