Dylan Bettencourt
Njengoba kunokwenzeka ukuthi isivunguvungu sesihlanu siyasondela, izinga lokutheleleka nge-Covid-19 linyuke laya ku-21% kanti ukutheleleka okusha okungu-6,372 kubikwe ngoLwesithathu ebusuku.
Ingxenye yabantu abathelelekile batholakala eJohannesburg, kulandele iKwaZulu-Natal ngo-23%.
Njengoba kungena ubusika eNingizimu Afrika ezinyangeni zayo, ukwanda kwalolu bhubhane kulindelekile.
Isibalo samanje sabantu abasezibhedlela abatheleleke nge-Covid-19 ezweni bangu-2,028.
Ingxenye yesizathu sokwenyuka kwezibalo ukuthi baningi abantu abahlolelwa i-Covid-19, kusho uMnyango wezeMpilo.
Bangu-30,186 abantu abahloliwe emahoreni angu-24 edlule, okuholele ekutheni kube nokutheleleka okusha kwabantu abangu-6,372 okuveziwe ngoLwesithathu.
Sekukonke kubikwe ukuthi kushone abantu abathathu phakathi kwangoLwesibili noLwesithathu.
Isibalo sabantu abathathu abashonile sengeze kwabangu-100,351 abashonile eNingizimu Afrika kuze kube manje sibhalwe phansi ngenxa ye-Covid-19.
Izinga lokululama kulolu bhubhane lisalokhu liphezulu eNingizimu Afrika, kanti lilinganiselwa ku-96%.
USolwazi we-Vaccinology eNyuvesi yase-Wits uShabir Madhi uthe amanani akhuphukayo adinga ukuncishiswa njengengxenye yalokhu okubikezelwe ukuthi kuzonyuka, okwenzeka njalo ezinyangeni ezine kuya kwezinhlanu.
“Kudingeka ukuthi siqaphele mayelana nokutolika idatha – ikakhulukazi ngezinga elihle. ENingizimu Afrika sesikhetha kakhulu ukuthi ngobani abahlolwayo,” etshela i-eNCA.
“Abantu okungenzeka ukuthi babe ne-Covid yibona [abahlolwayo], futhi izinga lokuhlola lilonke lehlile, ngakho-ke kunzima ukuqhathanisa ngqo phakathi kwalokhu esikuthola manje namagagasi adlule.”
UMadhi wengeze ngokuthi asikho isidingo sokuthuka njengoba iningi labantu baseNingizimu Afrika bezoba nezinga lokuvikeleka ekulweni naleli gciwane.
Usolwazi uchaze ukuthi iNingizimu Afrika kufanele igxile kakhulu emazingeni okulaliswa esibhedlela kunamazinga angcono.
Umnyango wezeMpilo uqagela ukuthi izwe lizobe kwigagasi lesihlanu ekupheleni kukaMbasa nasekuqaleni kukaNhlaba.
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