SYDNEY — Australia yatangaje ko bwa mbere virusi y’ibicurane by’inyoni yo mu bwoko bwa H5N1 yagaragaye mu nyamaswa y’inyamabere, nyuma yo kuyisanga mu nyanja-foka ifite izuru rirerire yapfiriye muri Leta ya South Australia.
Ni ubwa mbere iyi virusi igaragaye mu nyamaswa y’inyamabere muri Australia, mu gihe iki gihugu gikomeje guhangana n’ikwirakwira ry’ibicurane by’inyoni byibasira cyane inyoni.
Abayobozi bo muri South Australia bavuze ko iyo nyanja-foka yabonetse yapfiriye hafi y’umujyi wa Beachport, ku nkombe z’inyanja, ahari nko mu bilometero 310 uvuye i Adelaide, umurwa mukuru w’iyo Leta.
Iyo nyamaswa, iri mu nyanja-foka zigera ku 100.000 ziboneka mu mazi yo muri iyo Leta, yabonetse yapfuye nta gikomere cyagaragaraga ku mubiri wayo.
Minisitiri w’Ubuhinzi wa Australia, Julie Collins, yavuze ko kugeza ubu nta kimenyetso cyerekana ko urupfu rw’iyo nyamaswa rufitanye isano n’izindi nyamaswa zo mu nyanja zaba zarwaye cyangwa zapfuye.
Yavuze ko ariko iyo virusi imaze gukwira mu bidukikije, bigorana gukumira ingaruka zikomeye ku nyamaswa.
Australia yatangiye kugaragaramo ibibazo byinshi by’ibicurane by’inyoni muri Kamena 2026, nyuma y’uko virusi yari imaze igihe igaragara mu nyoni z’abimukira iza kugera ku nyoni zo muri iki gihugu.
Muri uku kwezi kwa Kanama, Australia yabonye bwa mbere impfu nyinshi z’inyoni zo mu nyanja zatewe n’iyi virusi, bikaba byafashwe nk’ikimenyetso cy’uko icyorezo gikomeje kwiyongera.
Mbere yaho, mu mpera za 2025, H5N1 yari yaragaragaye no ku kirwa cya Heard Island, kiri mu gace ka sub-Antaragitika kagengwa na Australia. Amakuru yaho avuga ko iyi virusi yahitanye ibibwana by’inyanja-foka birenga 13.000.
Umuyobozi ushinzwe ubuvuzi bw’amatungo muri South Australia, Skye Fruean, yavuze ko inyamaswa zo mu bwoko bwa foka zishobora kuba mu byago byinshi byo kwandura H5N1, kuko zikunda kuba hafi y’inyoni zo mu gasozi ziba ku bitare byo ku nkombe z’inyanja.
Ati: “Zishobora kuba zihura n’ubwinshi bwa virusi mu bidukikije zibamo.”
Guverinoma ya Australia yatangaje ko kugeza ubu H5N1 itaragaragara mu nkoko cyangwa mu matungo yororerwa mu rwego rw’ubuhinzi.
Kugeza ku wa Gatanu, tariki ya 22 Kanama 2026, muri Australia hari hamaze kwemezwa ibibazo 297 by’iyi virusi mu gihugu hose.
Abayobozi bakomeje gukurikirana uko iyi virusi ikwirakwira, cyane cyane mu nyoni zo mu gasozi n’inyamaswa zo mu nyanja, mu rwego rwo kugabanya ingaruka zishobora guterwa n’ikwirakwira ryayo.
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