Imithamo yemithi yokugoma eyizigidi ezimbili ebidingeka kakhulu izolahlwa

14th Jun 2021

FILES-US-HEALTH-VIRUS-VACCINES-AFRICA-J&J — (FILES) This file photo taken on November 17, 2020 in London shows vials with Covid-19 vaccine stickers attached and syringes with the logo of US pharmaceutical company Johnson & Johnson. - Up to 400 million doses of Johnson & Johnson's Covid-19 vaccine will be made available to African countries, the US pharmaceutical giant said on March 29, 2021. The availability of the single-shot vaccine will be subject to national regulatory approvals in the African Union's 55 member states, with the first shipments expected to arrive in the third quarter of 2021. (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP)

Dylan Bettencourt

Kuzolahlwa imithamo eyizigidi ezimbili yomuthi wokugoma i-Johnson & Johnson (J&J) otholakale ukuthi ungcolile.

NgoMgqibelo uNgqongqoshe Wezempilo obambile uMmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane umemezele lokhu, njengoba izwe lilwela ukubhekana nolunye lwezinhlelo zokugoma ezihamba kancane emhlabeni.

Kodwa kulokhu, ngokusho kukaNgqongqoshe, uhulumeni akumele asolwe.

Umuthi wokugoma okwamanje usesitshalweni i-Pharma e-Gqeberha e-Eastern Cape, futhi inkinga yaqala eMelika.

I-US Food and Drug Administration (i-FDA) iphenye isitshalo sokukhiqiza umuthi wokugoma e-Baltimore mayelana nokungcola okungaba khona kwamaqoqo amaningi emithi yokugoma, kufaka phakathi umuthi wokugoma i-J&J.

I-FDA ithole izindaba eziningana zokuhlanzeka nokulawulwa kwekhwalithi esitshalweni okwenza ukuthi ukukhiqizwa kwesitshalo kumiswe okwesikhashana.

I-New York Times ibika ukuthi abahloli be-FDA bathole ukuthi abasebenzi kuleso sitshalo abagezanga futhi bangazishintsha nezingubo zabo ngemuva kokusebenza kuqala nezithako ze-AstraZeneca base balendela nezithako ze-J&J.

INingizimu Afrika bekulindeleke ukuthi yamukele futhi iphathe imishanguzo engaba yingxenye yesigidi ye-J&J ebizogoma oothisha. Umuthi wokugoma unesikhathi esikaliwe futhi uphelelwa yisikhathi mhla zingama-28 kuNhlangulana.

Kodwa-ke i-FDA iqinisekisile ukuthi ezinye izinhlayiya zomuthi wokugoma i-J&J bezifanele ukusetshenziswa kodwa kuze kube manje abakaze basho ukuthi yimaphi amaqoqo lawo nokuthi iyiphi imigomo.

INingizimu Afrika yathenga imithamo engaphezu kwezigidi ezingama-30 yomuthi we-J&J womthamo owodwa futhi ithembele kakhulu kulo muthi wokugoma ukuze izwe lifinyelele ekuvikeleni abantu abaningi.

Izwe belihlele ukugoma abantu abayi-220,000 ngosuku kodwa isilinganiso samanje siyi-40,000 nsuku zonke.

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