Coronavirus: WHO na UNICEF basaba leta zo muri Afurika kongera gufungura amashuri
Ishami ry'umuryango w'abibumbye ryita ku buzima (OMS/WHO) n'iryita ku bana (UNICEF) yasabye leta z'ibihugu by'Afurika gushyiraho uburyo burimo kwirinda kuburyo amashuri yakongera gufungura imiryango muri iki cyorezo cya coronavirus.
Hari ibihugu byafunguye amashuri gusa ku banyeshuri bari mu mwaka wa nyuma kugira ngo bakore ibizamini bya leta bisoza umwaka Aya mashami ya ONU avuga ko gukomeza gufunga amashuri byagira ingaruka mbi ku banyeshuri. Asaba leta gushora imari mu bikorwa remezo by'isuku, mu kwirinda ikwirakwira ry'ubwandu bwa coronavirus mu mashuri. OMS na UNICEF bavuze ko abanyeshuri bari kurya indyo mbi, abakobwa bari guterwa inda imburagihe ndetse bagakorerwa n'urugomo, muri iki gihe bakomeje kuguma mu rugo batari ku ishuri. Dr Matshidiso Moeti ukuriye OMS muri Afurika, yavuze ko amashuri kuri uyu mugabane ari "ubuhungiro" bw'abana. Mu kiganiro n'abanyamakuru ku wa kane mu buryo bw'iyakure, Dr Moeti yagize ati: "Ntabwo tugomba guhumwa ijisho rimwe n'ibikorwa byo kurwanya Covid-19 ngo birangire hari abatagize ibyo bageraho mu buzima. Nkuko ubucuruzi buri kongera gufungura mu buryo bwo kwirinda, dushobora kongera gufungura amashuri". Mohamed Fall, ukuriye UNICEF mu karere k'Afurika y'uburasirazuba n'iy'amajyepfo, yavuze ko gufunga amashuri igihe kirekire bishyira mu kaga ejo hazaza h'abana n'ah'imiryango yabo. Ibihugu bitandatu gusa muri Afurika ni byo bimaze kongera gufungura amashuri byuzuye, nkuko bikubiye mu cyegeranyo cya OMS na UNICEF cyakorewe ku bihugu 39. Hari ibihugu bimwe byongeye gufungura amashuri ariko bihita byongera kuyafunga nyuma y'ukwiyongera cyane kw'abanduye coronavirus. Ibindi bihugu byafunguye amashuri gusa ku banyeshuri bari mu mwaka wa nyuma kugira ngo bakore ibizamini bya leta bisoza umwaka. Ni mu gihe ibindi nka Kenya byo byavuze ko uyu mwaka w'amashuri wa 2020 ubaye impfabusa.