Arthur Greene
Abakhiqizi bemithi i-Moderna bathembise ukwakha imboni yezigidigidi eziyi-R7,5 yomuthi wokugoma e-Afrika.
I-Moderna, okuyimanje ekhiphe imithamo eyizigidi ezingama-500 yomuthi wayo wokugomela i-Covid-19 emhlabeni jikelele, ithi imboni entsha izokhiqiza imishanguzo eyizigidi ezingama-500 minyaka yonke.
Le mithi yokugoma izobandakanya umuthi we-Moderna wokugomela i-Covid-19 kanye nemithi yokugomela ezinye izifo.
Le nkampani ibingakasithathi isinqumo ngendawo, kusho isitatimende ngoLwesine.
Lesi simemezelo siza phakathi kwezikhalazo ezikhulayo ezivela kohulumeni base-Afrika kanye ne-World Health Organisation (i-WHO) zokuthi abakhiqizi bemithi yokugoma baqale ukwenza imigomo kuleli zwekazi.
Uma kuqhathaniswa nomhlaba wonke, i-Afrika kuze kube manje ibisasekelwa kakhulu ngemishanguzo ye-Covid-19.
Kusukela ngoLwesine, u-4,5% wabantu bonke bezwekazi bagonywe ngokuphelele, ngokusho kwesikhulu esiphezulu sezempilo yomphakathi e-Afrika uJohn Nkengasong.
Ukuhambisa ukukhiqizwa kwemithi yokugoma ezwenikazi kuzolisiza ukuthi lithole imishanguzo emikhulu kakhulu yokugoma, njengoba manje esele isigebelwe amazwe acebile.
INingizimu Afrika ingenye yezindawo okungenzeka kwakhiwe imboni ye-Moderna. Kodwa isikhulu esiphezulu saseNingizimu Afrika esibambe iqhaza emkhankasweni wokugqugquzela ukukhiqizwa kwemithi yokugoma ezindaweni zase-Afrika sitshele i-Reuters ukuthi asisazi lesi sitatimende.
Abanye abangase babe yingxenye kubalwa i-Rwanda ne-Senegal.
“Amazwe ayishumi e-Afrika aveze intshisekelo yokwenziwa kwemithi yokugoma, (kanti singakwazi ukuwahlanganisa wonke futhi sibeke i-Moderna phakathi nalokho,” kusho uJohn Nkengasong esithangamini nabezindaba ngoLwesine.
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