Hukumar Lafiya ta Duniya (WHO) a ranar Talata ta ce rigakafin COVID-19 ya ceci akalla rayuka miliyan 1.4 a Turai.
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Da yake isar da sakon shi na farko na sabuwar shekara, Daraktan yankin Turai na WHO, Dokta Hans Kluge, ya jaddada cewa idan ba tare da alluran rigakafi ba, adadin wadanda zasu mutu a Nahiyar zai iya kai kusan miliyan hudu, watakila ma fiye da haka.
Fiye da mutanen da suka mutu sanadiyar COVID-19 sun kai miliyan 2.5, kuma miliyan 277 da aka tabbatar sun kamu da cutar, an ba da rahoton a cikin babban yankin Turai na WHO, wanda ya ƙunshi ƙasashe 53 da suka tashi daga Tekun Atlantika zuwa Tekun Pacific. Binciken da aka yi a kasashe 34 ya nuna cewa yawancin mutanen da alluran rigakafi ta ceto rayukan su, kashi 90 cikin 100, sun haura 60.
Kluge ya ce alluran rigakafin sun rage yawan mace-mace da kashi 57 cikin 100 a tsakanin fitar da su daga watan Disamba na 2020 zuwa Maris 2023, tare da allurar rigakafin farko kadai ya ceci rayuka kusan 700,000.
“A yau, akwai mutane miliyan 1.4 a yankinmu – yawancinsu tsofaffi – wadanda ke kusa don jin daɗin rayuwa tare da ‘yan uwansu saboda sun ɗauki muhimmiyar shawarar yin rigakafin COVID-19. Wannan shine ikon allurar rigakafi. Shaidar ba ta da tabbas, ”in ji Kluge, yana magana daga Copenhagen.
Ya kara da cewa farashin COVID-19 a Turai ya ci gaba da karuwa amma yana raguwa.
“WHO ta ba da shawarar cewa mutanen da ke cikin haɗarin kamuwa da cutar ya kamata a ci gaba da sake yin allurar watanni shida zuwa 12 bayan alluran da suka yi na baya-bayan nan.
“Wannan rukunin ya haɗa da tsofaffi, ma’aikatan kiwon lafiya na gaba, mata masu juna biyu, da mutanen da ba su da rigakafi ko kuma suna da yanayin rashin lafiya,” in ji shi.
Kluge ya jaddada cewa duk da cewa adadin cututtukan COVID-19 yana raguwa sosai a duk faɗin Turai, lamarin na iya canzawa cikin sauri ta fuskar sabon bambance-bambancen sha’awa, JN.1, yanzu mafi yawan bambance-bambancen da aka ruwaito a duniya.
Kamar yadda kasashe da yawa suka rage ko daina ba da rahoton bayanan COVID-19 ga WHO, Kluge ya jaddada bukatar ci gaba da sa ido yayin da cutar ke nan ta tsaya. Ya bukaci shugabannin da su nuna goyon baya ga ma’aikatan lafiya.
NAN/Ladan Nasidi.