An samu mutane 1,166 da ake zargin sun kamu da cutar a kasashen Kenya da Malawi da Uganda da Zambia da kuma Zimbabwe.
An tabbatar da kamuwar mutane 37 da cutar ta hanyar gwaje-gwajen dakin gwaje-gwaje, a cewar hukumar ta WHO, wadda ta kuma ce kasashen biyar na samun bullar cutar a lokuta daban-daban a duk shekara, amma Zambia na fuskantar mafi muni tun shekarar 2011, kuma Malawi ta samu rahoton bullar cutar ta farko a wannan shekarar. Uganda ta ba da rahoton mutuwar mutane 13.
Cutar Anthrax yawanci tana shafar dabbobi kamar shanu, tumaki da awaki, da kuma namun daji. Mutane na iya kamuwa da cutar idan ta kai ga dabbobi ko gurbatattun kayayyakin dabbobi. Ba a yawan daukar Anthrax a matsayin mai yaduwa tsakanin mutane, kodayake an sami lokuta da yawa da ta watsu daga mutum zuwa mutum, in ji WHO.
Anthrax tana haifar da kwayoyin cuta masu tasowa kuma a wasu lokuta ana danganta su da nau'in makami da aka yi amfani da su a hare-haren 2001 a Amurka, lokacin da mutane biyar suka mutu yayin da wasu 17 suka kamu da rashin lafiya bayan da suka kamu da cutar ta anthrax a cikin wasu wasikun da aka aika.
Kwayoyin cutar Anthrax kuma akan same su ne a cikin kasa.
A wani kiyasi na daban na barkewar cutar Zambiya, wadda ita ce ta fi daukar hankali, WHO ta ce an samu bullar cutar har 684 da ake zargin an samu a kasar da ke kudancin Afirka.
Ya zuwa ranar 20 ga Nuwamba, tare da mutuwar mutane hudu. An samu rahoton bullar cutar anthrax a cikin larduna 9 cikin 10 na kasar Zambiya. A wani misali, an zargi mutane 26 da kamuwa da cutar ta hanyar cin gurbataccen naman dabbobin daji.
WHO ta ce, akwai babban hadarin cewa barkewar cutar ta Zambiya za ta yadu zuwa kasashe makwabta.
Cutar ta barke a dukkan kasashen biyar “watakila wasu abubuwa ne suka haddasa su, wadanda suka hada da sauyin yanayi da karancin abinci da rashin fahimta da kamuwa da cutar ta hanyar kula da naman dabbobin da suka kamu da cutar,” in ji WHO.
Dandalin Mu Tattauna