Umuti wa Favipiravir wagaragaje icyizere mu kuvura abarwayi ba COVID-19 barembye mu Rwanda
Ikigo cy’Igihugu cy’Ubuzima (RBC) cyatangajje ko umuti wa Favipiravir wagaragaje ko utanga icyizere mu kuvura abarwayi ba COVID-19 barembye.
Uyu muti wagejejwe mu Rwanda muri Mutarama mu rwego rwo gushyigikira izindi ngamba zariho mu kwita ku banduye COVID-19.
U Rwanda rwakiriye doze zigera ku 18.000 z’uyu muti wa Favipiravir, ndetse watangiye gukoreshwa ku barwayi barembye hirya no hino mu gihugu.
Umuyobozi Mukuru wa RBC, Dr Sabin Nsanzimana, yavuze ko kuva uyu muti waza umaze kugaragaza ibimenyetso byiza mu kuvura abarwaye COVID-19, nkuko The New Times yabitangaje.
Yagize ati “Umuti urakora neza. Turi kuwukoresha ku barembye kandi biri gutanga umusaruro. Nk’urugero, iyo umurwayi afite ibimenyetso nko kubabara umutwe n’umunaniro bahawe uyu muti, uburyo bari bameze byarahindutse baroroherwa.”
Uretse uyu muti, u Rwanda ruri no gushakisha ubundi buryo bwisumbuyeho bwo kuvura abarwayi ba COVID-19. Minisiteri y’ubuzima iherutse gutangaza ko hashobora gutangira gukoreshwa n’undi muti uzwi nka Monoclonal Antibodies mu kuvura COVID-19.
Monoclonal Antibodies ni umuti ukorerwa muri laboratoire wongerera umubiri ubudahangarwa mu guhangana na virusi ziwinjiramo.
Umuti wa Favipiravir ni umuti uca intege virusi binyuze mu kuyibuza kwikuba, aho wica ibyabashaga kuyitunga bikayigora kubaho mu muntu.
Uyu muti wakozwe n’ikigo cyo mu Buyapani cyitwa Fujifilm Holdings Corporation, gifite icyicaro i Tokyo. Wemejwe bwa mbere mu 2014 mu kuvura icyorezo cy’ibicurane byariho icyo gihe ndetse ukoreshwa na nyuma mu bwoko bushya bw’ibyo bicurane. Kuri ubu umuti ukaba warongeye kwemezwa mu gufasha mu buvuzi bwa COVID-19.
Ku makuru yatanzwe n’Ikigo cya Leta Zunze Ubumwe za Amerika gishinzwe amakuru ku by’imiti, umuti wa Favipiravir wakoreshejwe bwa mbere mu kuvura SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) muri Wuhan aho icyorezo cyahereye.
Ubwo icyorezo cyarushagaho gukwirakwira mu Burayi, uyu muti watangiye gukoreshwa nk’ubutabazi bwihuse mu Butaliyani, ukaba unakoreshwa mu Buyapani, u Burusiya, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Moldova na Kazakhstan. ngo Uherutse no kwemezwa muri Arabie Saoudite ndetse no muri Leta Zunze Ubumwe z’Abarabu.
Mu bushakashatsi bwasohotse kuwa 14 Ukuboza 2020, bukozwe n’Ikigo cya Leta Zunze Ubumwe za Amerika gitanga amakuru ku miti, bwagaragaje ko Favipiravir na wo ari umuti wizewe wakoreshwa mu gufasha mu buvuzi bwa COVID-19.
