Nhasi, US FDA yazivisa kubvumidzwa kwemushonga mutsva weSIGA Technologies weTPOXX (tecovirimat) wekurapa smallpox. Zvakakosha kutaura kuti uyu ndiwo mushonga mutsva wechi21 wakatenderwa neUS FDA gore rino uye mushonga mutsva wekutanga wakatenderwa kurapa smallpox.
Zita rechirwere chesmallpox, vaverengi veindasitiri yezvemishonga havazove vasingazive. Mushonga wesmallpox ndiwo mushonga wekutanga wakagadzirwa nevanhu, uye tine chombo chekudzivirira chirwere ichi chinouraya. Kubva pakatanga kubaiwa majekiseni ekudzivirira smallpox, vanhu vakakunda muhondo yekurwisa mavhairasi. Muna 1980, World Health Organization yakazivisa kuti tabvisa kutyisidzira kwesmallpox. Rudzi urwu rwechirwere chinotapukira, icho chave chichinyanya kukanganiswa uye chave kutaurwa nezvacho, chave chichinyangarika zvishoma nezvishoma kubva mumaonero evanhu.
Asi nekuoma kwemamiriro ezvinhu epasi rose mumakumi emakore aya, vanhu vakatanga kunetseka kuti hutachiona hwechikosoro hunogona kugadzirwa zvombo zvechisikigo, zvichityisidzira hupenyu hwevanhuwo zvavo. Nokudaro, vanhu vakasarudzawo kugadzira mushonga unogona kurapa chikosoro kana paine emergency. TPOXX yakavapo. Semushonga unorwisa mavhairasi, unogona kunyatsorwisa kupararira kwehutachiona hwevariola mumuviri. Zvichienderana nekugona kwawo, mushonga mutsva uyu wakapihwa zvitupa zvekukurumidzira, zvitupa zvekutariswa kwekutanga, uye zvitupa zvekurapwa kwenherera.
Kushanda uye kuchengetedzeka kwemushonga mutsva uyu kwakaedzwa mukuyedzwa kwemhuka nevanhu, zvichiteerana. Mukuyedzwa kwemhuka, mhuka dzine utachiona hweTPOXX dzakararama kwenguva yakareba kupfuura dzakarapwa ne placebo mushure mekutapukirwa nehutachiona hwe variola. Mukuyedzwa kwevanhu, vaongorori vakatora vanhu 359 vane hutano hwakanaka (vasina hutachiona hwe smallpox) vakavakumbira kuti vashandise TPOXX. Zvidzidzo zvakaratidza kuti migumisiro yakajairika ndeyemusoro, kuda kurutsa, uye kurwadziwa mudumbu pasina migumisiro yakakomba. Zvichibva pakushanda kwakaratidzwa mukuyedzwa kwemhuka uye kuchengetedzeka kwakaratidzwa mukuyedzwa kwevanhu, FDA yakabvumidza kutanga kwemushonga mutsva.
"Mukupindura njodzi yehugandanga hwezvipenyu, Congress yakatora matanho ekuona kuti utachiona hunoshandiswa sezvombo, uye takagadzira uye takabvumidza matanho ekudzivirira. Kubvumidzwa kwanhasi kunomiririra danho guru mukuedza uku!" Mutungamiriri weFDA Scott Gottlieb Chiremba akati: "Uyu ndiwo mushonga mutsva wekutanga kupihwa ongororo yekutanga ye'Material Threat Medical Countermeasure'. Kubvumidzwa kwanhasi kunoratidzawo kuzvipira kweFDA mukuona kuti tagadzirira dambudziko rehutano hweveruzhinji uye kupa kuchengetedzeka panguva yakakodzera. Zvigadzirwa zvitsva zvemishonga zvinoshanda."
Kunyangwe mushonga mutsva uyu uchitarisirwa kurapa smallpox, tichiri kutarisira kuti smallpox haizodzoki, uye tinotarisira zuva iro vanhu vasingazomboshandisi mushonga mutsva uyu.
Nguva yekutumira: Chikunguru-17-2018
