Ikigo cy’Amerika gishinzwe kugenzura ubuziranenge bw’ibiribwa n’imiti (FDA) cyahaye uruhushya urukingo Pfizer-BioNTech rwa coronavirus ngo rukoreshwe by’amaburakindi.

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Ikigo FDA cyavuze ko urwo ruhushya ari "intambwe ikomeye" itewe mu guhangana n’iki cyorezo, kimaze kwica abantu barenga 295,000 muri Amerika.

Urwo rukingo rurinda kwandura Covid-19 ku kigero cya 95%. Ikigo FDA cyemeje ko nta kibazo ruteza ku buzima kandi ko ari ingirakamaro.

Perezida Donald Trump yavuze ko gukingira bitangira "mu masaha atageze kuri 24".

Bwana Trump yagize ati: "Uyu munsi [ku wa gatanu] igihugu cyacu cyageze ku gitangaza mu rwego rw’ubuvuzi. Mu mezi icyenda gusa [ubu] twageze ku rukingo rudateza ikibazo ku buzima kandi rw’ingirakamaro".

Mbere yuko ikigo FDA kibitangaza ku wa gatanu, cyari cyokejwe igitutu cyinshi n’ubutegetsi bwa Trump ngo cyemeze ikoreshwa ry’urwo rukingo.

Stephen Hahn, umukuru w’icyo kigo, yari yasabwe ko bitarenze kuri uwo munsi wo ku wa gatanu aba yarwemeje ngo rukoreshwe by’amaburakindi cyangwa akirukanwa ku kazi, nkuko ibitangazamakuru byo muri Amerika bibivuga, ariko we yavuze ko ibyo "atari ukuri".

Alex Azar, umunyamabanga ushinzwe ibikorwa by’ubuzima mu kigo FDA, yabwiye abanyamakuru mbere yaho ku wa gatanu ko icyo kigo kizakorana n’uruganda Pfizer rukora imiti kugira ngo urwo rukingo rutangire gutangwa ku bwinshi ku wa mbere cyangwa ku wa kabiri.

Urukingo Pfizer rwamaze kwemezwa n’inzego zibishinzwe zo mu Bwongereza, Canada, Bahrain no muri Saudi Arabia (Arabie saoudite).

Cyo kimwe no muri ibyo bihugu, Amerika izaha inkingo za mbere abageze mu zabukuru, abakora mu bikorwa by’ubuvuzi no mu butabazi bwihuse.

Kuva mu kwezi kwa cumi na kumwe, umubare w’abicwa na coronavirus muri Amerika wakomeje kwiyongera cyane.

Ku wa gatatu, muri iki gihugu hapfuye abantu barenga 3,000 bishwe na coronavirus - wabaye umubare wa mbere munini ku isi w’abishwe nayo ku munsi umwe.