Coronavirus: Urundi rukingo rwageragerejwe ku bantu

Mu Bwongereza, urundi rukingo rwa Covid-19 rwatangiye guterwa abantu babishaka mu igeragezwa.

Abantu bagera kuri 300 bazaruterwa mu byumweru biri imbere, ni igerageza riri gukorwa na Kaminuza ya Imperial College London.

Igerageza ryarwo ku nyamaswa ryerekanye ko ntacyo rutwara kandi rukangura ubwirinzi bw’umubiri.

Abahanga ba Kaminuza ya Oxford, nayo yo mu Bwongereza, nabo bamaze igihe batangiye igerageza rya mbere ry’urukingo ku bantu, muri iki cyumweru rwatangiye kugeragezwa no muri Afurika.

Izindi nkingo zigera ku 120 ziri gukorwa ahatandukanye ku isi.

Ati: “Nzi neza ko ibintu bitazongera kumera nka mbere igihe cyose urukingo rutaraboneka, ni yo mpamvu nashatse kugira uruhare rwanjye mu kubigeraho.”

Nyuma y’iki cyiciro cya mbere, icyiciro cya kabiri giteganyijwe mu kwezi kwa cumi aho abantu 6,000 bazaruterwa.

Ikipe ya Imperial London College iri muri iki gikorwa ivuga ko yizeye ko uru rukingo rushobora gutangira guhabwa abantu mu Bwongereza no mu mahanga mu ntangiriro ya 2021.

Urukingo rushya?

Inkingo zisanzwe zikorwa hifashishijwe virus yahinduwe cyangwa yaciwe intege, cyangwa ibice byayo, ariko urukingo Imperial iri kugerageza rukoze mu buryo bushya bwitwa RNA bwo kwigana iyi virus.

Iyo rutewe mu mubiri, iyo RNA yikoramo izindi nyinshi zigakwira – zikongera umubwirinzi bw’umubiri mu kurwanya iyo virus imeze gutyo.

Ibyo bishobora gutoza umubiri kumenya no kurwanya coronavirus mbere y’uko umuntu arwara Covid-19.

Prof Robin Shattock uyoboye iri gerageza ati: “Mu mezi macye, twabashije gukora urundi rukingo rushya tubasha no gutangira kurugerageza ku bantu.

“Niba ibyo turimo bigenze neza uru rukingo rukarinda abantu iki cyorezo, bishobora kuzana impinduka z’uburyo abantu bahangana n’ibyorezo mu gihe kiri imbere”.

BBC ivuga ko Ubu bushakashatsi leta y’Ubwongereza yabushyizemo miliyoni 41 z’amapawundi akoreshwa muri icyo gihugu, n’ayandi y’impano bwahawe agera kuri miliyoni 5 z’amapawundi.

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