Birtaniya za ta fara rarraba allurar rigakafin cutar sankarau (meningitis) ga ɗalibai a wata jami’a a kudu maso gabashin Ingila, bayan wani barkewar cutar da ba a taɓa ganin irinsa ba ya kashe mutane biyu, yayin da yawan sabbin masu kamuwa ya karu zuwa 20.
Hukumar tsaron lafiya ta Birtaniya (UK Health Security Agency) ta ce duk waɗanda cutar ta shafa matasa ne. Wani ɗalibi mai shekaru 21 a Jami’ar Kent da kuma wani ɗalibi matashi a wata makaranta a garin Faversham sun mutu.
Hukumar ta ƙara da cewa shida daga cikin shari’o’i tara da aka tabbatar na rukuni na B ne (MenB). Haka kuma, tana sane da wani jariri da aka tabbatar yana da kamuwar MenB wanda a halin yanzu ba a danganta shi da wannan barkewar cutar ba.
Sakataren lafiya, Wes Streeting, ya bayyana barkewar cutar a matsayin “wanda ba a taɓa ganin yaduwarsa ba.”
Tun daga shekarar 2015, Birtaniya ke ba jarirai allurar rigakafin MenB, wanda ke nufin yawancin ɗaliban jami’a na yanzu ba su samu wannan allura ba.
