Udokotela wase-Israel owathola ukuthi unegciwane le-Omicron uthi ucabanga ukuthi ulithole leli gciwane e-London engqungqutheleni eyenzeke phakathi nenyanga kaLwezi.
U-Elad Maor uthi ubuyile engqungqutheleni ebihanjelwe abantu abangaphezu kwabayi-1,200 mhla zingama-23 kuLwezi futhi watholakala ukuthi unalo mhla zingama-27, ngokusho kwe-Guardian.
INingizimu Afrika imemezele igciwane elisha elihlukile ngomhla zingama-25 kuLwezi.
I-UK namanye amazwe asheshe avimbela iNingizimu Afrika ukuhambela emazweni abo, njengoba kuqale ukuvela imibiko yokuthi leli gciwane litholakale nakwezinye izindawo.
“Ngithole i-Omicron e-London, ngokuqinisekile,” kusho uMaor etshela i-Guardian. “Kuyathusa lokhu ngoba bekuyizinsuku eziyishumi ezedlule ngise-London futhi bekusanesikhathi.”
Kube nokuphawula okuningi emhlabeni jikelele mayelana nokuthi iNingizimu Afrika ijeziswe kanjani ngokungenabulungiswa ngokuba phambili ekutholeni kuqala igciwane elisha elihlukile.
Usomahlaya waseMelika uStephen Colbert wenze ihlaya ngokuthi kube umqondo omuhle ukukhipha umthetho ovimbela ukuhamba, njengoba igciwane elisha elihlukile litholakale “emazweni aseNingizimu ye-Afrika i-Austria, i-Belgium, i-Czech Republic, kanye ne-Canada….”