I-Liberia iqinisekisile ityala lesithathu le-Ebola ngoJulayi 1, phantse iinyanga ezimbini emva kokuba i-Ebola ibhengezwe ngaphandle, kwaye amagosa athi aphanda ukuba isifo sisasazeke ngezilwanyana ngaphambi kokuba sivuke.
UGqr Moses Massaquoi, inkokeli yeqela lolawulo lwamatyala e-Ebola eLiberia, uthe abahlali abathathu abavavanywe ukuba banaso esi sifo “banembali yokuba nenyama yenja kunye.” Inyama yenja iqhele ukutyiwa eLiberia.
Umntu wokuqala omtsha waseLiberia onesigulo, u-Abraham Memaigar oneminyaka eli-17 ubudala, usweleke ngeCawa kwilali yaseNedowein, malunga neekhilomitha ezingama-50 (iikhilomitha ezingama-30) ukusuka kwikomkhulu iMonrovia. Abanye ababini baye bafunyanwa benentsholongwane kule lali.
Abanye abantu balapha bathi uMemaigar nabanye elalini bebesandula ukugrumba batya inja efileyo.
Akukhange kungqinwe ukuba izinja ziyakwazi ukuthwala intsholongwane, nangona abantu bosulelwe ngokutya inyama yenkawu kuqhambuko oludlulileyo. Iqela lamazwe aseNtshona Afrika likuyekile ukutyiwa kwenyama yasendle njengenyathelo lokhuseleko.
UMassaquoi uthe iqela labaphendulayo beliphanda ukuba ingaba izilwanyana zasekhaya zingayithwala na le ntsholongwane kwaye ujonge ukusweleka kwamakhulu eenkomo kwindawo ekude yaseLofa.
I-Liberia, eyona nto yachaphazeleka kakhulu kukuqhambuka kwe-Ebola eNtshona Afrika kulo nyaka uphelileyo, yabhengezwa ukuba ayinayo i-Ebola nge-9 kaMeyi nanjengoko kuye kwavela iimeko ezininzi kwilizwe elingummelwane laseSierra Leone naseGuinea. I-Liberia ibala ngaphezu kwe-4,800 ye-11,220 yokufa kwi-West Africa.
“Amatyala amabini (amva nje) aphilayo aneminyaka engama-24 kunye nama-27 ubudala. Bazinzile, ”utshilo uSekela Mphathiswa wezeMpilo uTolbert Nyenswah nge-1 kaJulayi.
Akukho namnye kumaxhoba amatsha awaziwayo ukuba aye eGuinea okanye eSierra Leone, kwaye iNedowein ikude nemida, ekhokelela ekucingeni ukuba kunokubakho iipokotshi ezifihliweyo zentsholongwane okanye iindlela ezintsha zokudlulisela.
Umongameli uEllen Johnson Sirleaf uxelele iReuters: “Akukho mfuneko yokoyika. Iqela lethu lezempilo liphezu kwayo. Iza kuqulathwa.”
Nangona kunjalo, ingxabano yemivuzo inokuphazamisa ukhathalelo lwezempilo kwaye abasebenzi baqhankqalaza usuku lwesibini nge-1 kaJulayi.
Uloyiko lokusasazeka kwezilwanyana
I-International Federation ye-Red Cross kunye ne-Red Crescent Societies yathi amatyala amatsha e-Ebola abhekisele kwizithuba kwi-Liberia yokulawula usulelo olusisiseko, yongeza ukuba ukuphuculwa kuyadingeka ukukhusela ukuqhambuka kummandla apho intsholongwane ingaba yinto ekhoyo.
Umsebenzi womkhosi wase-US oncede urhulumente waseLiberia ukuba anqande ukuqhambuka sele uyekile. Kodwa amaZiko oLawulo lweSifo kunye noThintelo (CDC), iqumrhu lezempilo laseMelika, lathi lisebenzisana nabasemagunyeni ukufunda imvelaphi yamatyala kwaye bayeke ukusasazeka kwentsholongwane.
Abahlali baseNedowin babedidekile.
“Ityala le-Ebola elixelwayo embindini weLiberia liyabhida,” utshilo uAdolphus Gbinee, umalume kaMemaigar. “Asinamatyala kwimida yethu, nditsho naseMonrovia. Ingatsiba njani i-Ebola kwezo ndawo ize apha eNedowin?”
Enye into enokwenzeka kukuba le ntsholongwane iye yasinda phakathi kwabantu abakwiindawo ezikude. Iimpawu ze-Ebola zihlala zibhuqe nezinye izifo ezitshisayo, njengemalariya.
“Kusenokuba kusekho amaqela e-EVD (Ebola) ngaphakathi eLiberia aqhumayo ngaphandle kolwazi lwabasemagunyeni,” u-Ian Mackay, isazi ngentsholongwane kwiYunivesithi yaseQueensland yaseOstreliya, wabhala kwibhlog yakhe.
Ukosulela ngokwesondo nako kunokwenzeka. Intsholongwane inokuqhubeka kwincindi yamadlozi ukuya kutsho kwiintsuku ezingama-90, xa kuthelekiswa neentsuku ezingama-21 egazini okanye emhlanzweni.
UNyanswah uthe amagosa ezempilo abeke esweni abantu abayi-175 ekukholelwa ukuba baye badibana nala matyala mathathu, nangona kungekho namnye ubesele ebonakalise iimpawu.
“Akusekho ukusasazeka kwale ntsholongwane nakweyiphi na indawo yelizwe njengoko sithetha,” utshilo.
Ngokwahlukileyo, iDemocratic Republic of Congo, ene-Ebola flare-ups ngamaxesha, iphanda ukuqhambuka okunokwenzeka kwilali. Umbindi weAfrika uneentlobo ezahlukeneyo zentsholongwane.
