Dylan Bettencourt
Phezu kokwethuka okukhona ngokuhlukahluka kwe-Omicron, inhloko ye-South African Medical Association isinxuse ukuthi kwehliswe umoya, yathi izimpawu zayo azikabonakali zizimbi kakhulu kuze kube manje.
“Lokhu akuwona umbono wami ngedwa. Ngixoxe nabanye odokotela base-Atteridgeville, e-Midrand njalo njalo, futhi babona into eyodwa nalokhu engikubonayo. Izimpawu azithusi, futhi lowo ngumlayezo obaluleke kakhulu,” kusho uDkt Angelique Coetzee, usihlalo webhodi le-SAMA, etshela i-News24.
UCoetzee, naye ozimele owenza umsebenzi wokulapha, akazilalisi iziguli zakhe eziphethwe i-Omicron esibhedlela. Bazizwa bengcono ezinsukwini ezimbili noma ezintathu ngemuva kokuhlolwa batholakale bene-Omicron.
Yize kunovalo lokuthi uhlobo olusanda kutholwa lokuhlukahluka kwe-Omicron kwe-Covid-19 aluvikeleki kwimigomo yamanje, isikhulu sezokwelapha e-Moderna uPaul Burton uthe umgomo omusha ungenziwa ekuqaleni konyaka ozayo.
“Uma kufanele senze umuthi wokugoma omusha, ngicabanga ukuthi kuzoba ngasekuqaleni kowezi-2022 ngaphambi kokuthi lokho kutholakale ngamanani amakhulu,” kusho uBurton ku-BBC “Andrew Marr Show.”
“Into emangalisayo ngemijovo ye-mRNA, ekwinkundla ye-Moderna, ukuthi ingavikela ngokushesha okukhulu.”
UBurton wengeze ngokuthi abantu basengaba nokuvikelwa okuthile kokuhlukakhluka kwe-Omicron, kuya ngokuthi bawuthole nini umgomo wabo wamanje.
Ukuhlukahluka okusha kutholwe ngabacwaningi bezokwelapha baseNingizimu Afrika futhi sekubone amazwe amaningi evimbela izindiza eziphumayo futhi zibuya eNingizimu Afrika – njengoba amazwe asenyakatho nenkabazwe esaba ukwanda kokuthelelana nge-Covid-19 ebusika.
“I-Moderna ikhombise kaningi amandla okuthuthukisa abantu abasha ekuhlolweni emtholampilo ezinsukwini ezingama-60 kuye kwezingama-90,” kusho inkampani.
Ukuthelelana okusha eNingizimu Afrika kuyanda. Kube nokuthelelana okusha okuyi-3,220 ngomhla zingama-27 kuLwezi kwabantu abayisishiyagalombili abangenwe yileli gciwane.
Sekukhishwe imigomo eyizigidi ezingama-25.2 iNingizimu Afrika yonkana, okumele amaphesenti angama-24.1 enani labantu asebegonywe ngokugcwele.