Cibiyar hana yaduwar cututtuka ta Najeriya ta tabbatar da karin mutane 68 da suka kamu da cutar zazzabin Lassa, wanda ya kai adadin wadanda aka tabbatar sun kamu da cutar a kasar zuwa 531.
NCDC, a rahotonta na zazzabin Lassa na mako shida da ta fitar a ranar Litinin, ta bayyana cewa cutar ta kashe mutane 15 a cikin mako guda yayin da adadin wadanda suka mutu ya karu zuwa 85 daga Janairu zuwa 12 ga Fabrairu, 2023.
A cewar rahoton, adadin wadanda ake zargin sun karu idan aka kwatanta da wanda aka bayar a daidai wannan lokacin a shekarar 2022.
Wadanda ake zargin sun kamu da cutar tsawon mako shida a cikin 2022 sun kasance 1,631 yayin da wadanda ake zargi na mako shida a cikin 2023 sun kasance 2,244.
Zazzabin Lassa cuta ce mai saurin kamuwa da cutar haemorrhagic wanda kwayar cutar Lassa, memba ce ta dangin kwayar cutar kwayar cuta. Yana yaduwa a Saliyo, Laberiya, Gini, da Najeriya. Kasashen makwabta ma suna cikin hadari.
A cewar hukumar, jinkirin gabatar da kararrakin na haifar da karuwar adadin wadanda suka kamu da cutar.
Har ila yau, ya ce akwai rashin dabi’ar neman lafiya saboda tsadar magani da kula da cutar da kuma rashin kyawun yanayin muhalli da ake gani a cikin al’ummomi.
Rahoton NCDC ya kara da cewa, “A cikin mako na 6, adadin wadanda aka tabbatar sun ragu daga 106 a mako na 5 2023 zuwa 68. An ruwaito wadannan daga jihohin Ondo, Edo, Bauchi, Taraba, Ebonyi, Gombe, Benue, Nasarawa, da Filato.
Jaridar PUNCH ta ruwaito cewa, yayin da sabbin ma’aikatan kiwon lafiya hudu suka kamu da cutar a cikin mako na shida, ma’aikatan kiwon lafiya 28 ne cutar ta kama a bana.
