Abantu batari munsi ya 82 biciwe mu muriro wadutse ku bitaro bivura abarwaye coronavirus mu murwa mukuru Baghdad wa Iraq.
Abandi barenga 100 bakomerekeye muri uwo muriro, wadutse ku bitaro bya Ibn Khatib mu ijoro ryo ku wa gatandatu.
Amakuru avuga ko impanuka yatumye ububiko (tank) bw'umwuka wa oxygen buturika, bigateza uwo muriro.
Videwo zo ku mbuga nkoranyambaga zigaragaza abazimya umuriro bacicikana bazimya uwo muriro, mu gihe abantu bahungaga bava muri iyo nyubako.
Minisitiri w'intebe wa Iraq Mustafa al-Kadhimi yasabye ko hahita hakorwa iperereza ku byateye icyo yise "impanuka yateje akababaro kenshi".
Jenerali Kadhim Bohan ukuriye ubwirinzi bwa gisivile muri Iraq, yavuze ko umuriro watangiriye mu gice kivura indembe cyo kuri ibyo bitaro, mu gace "kagenewe gukangura ibihaha".
Hafi "abarwayi 30 bari barwariye mu gice cyita ku ndembe", cyari kigenewe abarwayi ba Covid-19 bashegeshwe cyane kurusha abandi i Baghdad, nkuko umukozi wo ku bitaro yabibwiye ibiro ntaramakuru AFP.
Abarwayi bose bajyanwe ku bitaro bindi biri hafi aho.
Mu masaha yo mu rukerera rwo kuri iki cyumweru, uwo muriro wari wahagaritswe, nkuko ikigo cy'ubwirinzi bwa gisivile cya Iraq cyabivuze.
Guverineri wa Baghdad Mohammed Jaber yunze mu rya Minisitiri w'intebe asaba ko hakorwa iperereza ryihutirwa ngo hamenyekane niba hari umuntu ukwiye "kugezwa imbere y'ubutabera" kubera uburangare.
Mu itangazo, akanama ka leta ya Iraq k'uburenganzira bwa muntu kavuze ko ibyabaye ari "icyaha gikorewe abarwayi baciwe intege cyane na Covid-19".
Abakozi bo mu butabazi bwihuse bavuze ko benshi mu barwayi bapfuye ubwo bakurwaga ku mashini zibaha umwuka wo guhumeka wa oxygen kugira ngo bahungishwe, mu gihe abandi bapfuye bazize guherwa umwuka kubera imyotsi.
Halla Sarraf, ukuriye umuryango utegamiye kuri leta wa Iraq Health Access, yabwiye BBC ati:
"Ubwo umuriro watangiraga umuntu yari acyeneye kuzimya imiyoboro minini iyobora umwuka, ibi urebye bivuze gukata oxygen ku bayicyeneye cyane kurusha abandi".
Ibitaro byo muri Iraq byagejejwe ku mpera y'ubushobozi bwabyo muri iki gihe cy'icyorezo cya coronavirus, ibi biza byiyongera ku gushegeshwa n'imyaka iki gihugu cyamaze mu ntambara, uburangare na ruswa.
Ubwandu bwa Covid bukomeje kwiyongera cyane muri Iraq kuva mu kwezi kwa kabiri. Umubare w'abanduye bose hamwe barenze miliyoni imwe muri iki cyumweru.
Minisiteri y'ubuzima ya Iraq kugeza ubu yatangaje abanduye coronavirus 1,025,288 n'abo imaze kwica 15,217 kuva iki cyorezo cyatangira.
Mu kwezi gushize, iki gihugu cyatangije gahunda yo gukingira, kandi kimaze kwakira doze hafi 650,000, nyinshi muri zo zabonetse binyuze muri gahunda yo gusaranganya inkingo hagati y'ibihugu bikize n'ibicyennye izwi nka Covax.
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