By Abbas Yakubu Yaura
A ranar Larabar da ta gabata ne gwamnatin tarayyar Najeriya ta sanar da fara daukar matakin gaggawa kan bullar cutar zazzabin Lassa a Najeriya tare da nuna rashin amincewa da karuwar masu dauke da cutar.
An bayyana hakan ne a cikin wata sanarwa da babban daraktan cibiyar yaki da cututtuka ta Najeriya, Dakta Ifedayo Adetifa ya fitar kuma ya rabawa manema labarai.
Sanarwar ta kara da cewa, “Cibiyar Yaki da Cututtuka ta Najeriya ta fara aiki da Cibiyar Ba da Agajin Gaggawa ta Zazzabin Lassa mai bangarori daban-daban na kasa, sakamakon barkewar zazzabin Lassa a wasu sassan kasar.
“Wannan ya zama dole idan aka yi la’akari da karuwar adadin wadanda aka tabbatar sun kamu da cutar zazzabin Lassa a fadin kasar da kuma tantance hadin gwiwa tare da abokan hulda da ‘yan uwa.
“Ya zuwa ranar 23 ga watan Janairu, 2022, an samu rahoton mutane 115 da aka tabbatar sun kamu da cutar tare da mutuwar mutane 26 (wanda ya kai kashi 22.6 cikin dari). An samu rahoton wadannan kararraki daga kananan hukumomi 30 a fadin jihohi 11. Bugu da ƙari, rahotannin a cikin makonni ɗaya da biyu sun nuna mafi yawan adadin waɗanda aka tabbatar da aka rubuta a cikin shekaru huɗu da suka gabata na lokaci guda.
“Tun daga shekarar 2016, NCDC take yin aiki tukuru don inganta karfin gano cutar. A halin yanzu, dakunan gwaje-gwaje bakwai za su iya yin gwajin tabbatar da cutar zazzabin Lassa a Najeriya kuma ana gudanar da su ne daga dakin gwaje-gwaje na NCDC na kasa. Wannan ya inganta yanayin gano yanayin aiki don cutar.
“Kazalika , kula da mutanen da abin ya shafa ya inganta tare da NCDC tana ba da tallafi ga jihohi, ciki har da samar da magunguna na gaggawa da na dakin gwaje-gwaje da kuma (Ribavirin) na baki da na jijiya don maganin rigakafi ga cibiyoyin jinya a fadin kasar.
“Ma’aikatar Muhalli ta Tarayya tana kuma aiwatar da shirin yaki da cutar zazzabin Lassa a jihohi masu yawan cutar.”
Ya kara da cewa, “Zazzabin Lassa yana farawa ne kamar kowace irin zazzabi kamar zazzabin cizon sauro.Alamominsa sun hada da zazzabi, ciwon kai, ciwon makogwaro, raunin jiki gaba daya, tari, tashin zuciya, amai da gudawa, ciwon tsoka, ciwon kirji, sannan a lokuta masu tsanani, zubar jinin da ba zai iya bayyanawa daga kunnuwa, idanu, hanci, baki da sauran budewar jiki. Lokacin tsakanin kamuwa da cuta da bayyanar alamun cutar shine kwanaki uku zuwa 21. Magani da wuri da ganewar asali yana ƙara damar rayuwa. “