Perezida Paul Kagame yavuze ko u Rwanda rugeze kure ibiganiro n’abaterankunga b’umushinga wo gukorera inkingo za COVID-19 mu gihugu, mu rwego rwo gutuma uyu mugabane ubasha kubona izihagije.
Ntabwo haratangazwa ubwoko bw’inkingo zizaba zikorwa, ariko hazifashishwa ikoranabuhanga rya ‘messenger ribonucleic acid’ cyangwa mRNA mu mpine, rikoreshwa mu gukora inkingo za Pfizer-BioNTech na Moderna.
Umuntu utewe urwo rukingo ruha umubiri ubushobozi bwo gutahura coronavirus no kuyirwanya, butandukanye n’uburyo bukoreshwa ku zindi nkingo bwifashisha virus yapfuye.
Perezida Kagame yavuze ko kugeza ubu ibihugu bitatu by’u Rwanda, Senegal na Afurika y’Epfo bigiye kubakwamo biriya bigo bizahaza inkingo uyu mugabane, ndetse imyiteguro igeze kure. Yari mu kiganiro na Zain Verjee, muri Qatar Economic Forum.
Ati “Ku Rwanda by’umwihariko, twafatanyije n’inganda zimwe zimenyereye gukoresha ikoranabuhanga rya mRNA, ni ikoranabuhanga rishya ririmo gukoreshwa cyane mu buhinzi cyangwa ku zindi ndwara.”
“Twamaze kuganira n’abantu kuri iryo koranabuhanga, turimo kuganira n’abantu bazadufasha mu bijyanye n’imari ikenewe, ndatekereza ko mu mezi make dushobora kuzumva indi nkuru.”
Perezida Kagame yashimangiye ko Afurika ikwiye kuba umufatanyabikorwa mu gukora inkingo, aho gutegereza gusa izituruka ahandi zikorerwa.
Ishami ry’Umuryango w’Abibumbye ryita ku Buzima, WHO, rivuga ko binyuze mu bufatanye mpuzamahanga bwa COVAX, ibihugu 52 bya Afurika byatangiye gukingira COVID-19, nyamara ngo bimaze gutanga inkingo miliyoni 40 zonyine.
Zihwanye na 2% by’abaturage bose ba Afurika, mu gihe hari ibice by’isi bigeze muri 50%.
Mu mushinga wo gukorera inkingo za COVID-19 muri Afurika harimo abafatanyabikorwa nk’Ikigega cya banki y’isi gishinzwe ishoramari (IFC), Umuryango w’Ubumwe bw’u Burayi n’abandi.
Umuyobozi Mukuru wa WHO, Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus, yavuze ko kugira ngo COVID-19 ihagarikwe bihaye intego yo gufasha buri gihugu gukingira nibura 10% by’abaturage bitarenze Nzeli, 40% mbere y’uko uyu mwaka wa 2021 urangira na 70% kugeza muri Kamena umwaka utaha.
Ati “WHO n’abafatanyabikorwa barimo gukora amanywa n’ijoro kugira ngo haboneke inkingo nyinshi, hamwe no kwagura uburyo zikorwamo kugira ngo iyo ntego igerweho.”
“Ariko bigaragara neza ko mu gihe cy’icyorezo, Afurika itagendera gusa ku gutumiza izi nkingo ahandi mu bice by’isi, tugomba kubaka ubwo bushobozi [bwo kuzikora], bitari ku nkingo za COVID-19 gusa ahubwo n’izindi, kimwe n’ibikoresho byo mu buvuzi.”
Umuyobozi muri WHO, Soumya Swaminathan, yavuze ko nko muri Afurika y’Epfo bishobora kuzafata hagati y’amezi icyenda na 12 kugira ngo inkingo za mbere ziboneke, hagendewe ku ikoranabuhanga ryasuzumwe neza kandi ryemejwe.
Muri icyo gihugu biteganywa ko ikigo Biovac gikora imiti kizatanga ikoranabuhanga, Afrigen biotechnology igakora inkingo.
Ni mu gihe Senegal yagiranye amasezerano na Institut Pasteur, izifashisha ikoranabuhanga ry’ikigo Univercells cyo mu Bubiligi mu gukora no gukwirakwiza inkingo za COVID-19 muri Afurika y’Iburangerazuba.