Ngenkathi iNingizimu Afrika isabela igagasi lesithathu le-Covid, kunokutheleleka okune kokuhlukahluka kwaseNdiya okutholakele.
UNgqongqoshe wezeMpilo uZweli Mkhize uthe ngempelasonto ukutheleleka ngaleli gciwane okune kokuhlukahluka kwaseNdiya kutholwe yi-Network for Genomic Surveillance in South Africa. Bonke abantu abathelelekile babenomlando wokuhambela eNdiya, lapho okushone khona abantu abayizi-4,187 ngoMgqibelo ngenxa yegciwane.
Ngokusho kochwepheshe, lolu hlobo lusakazeka ngokushesha futhi luholela ezingeni eliphezulu lokushona kwabantu kunalolo olwatholakala okokuqala e-Wuhan, e-China ngonyaka odlule.
Ososayensi neziphathimandla zikahulumeni baxwayise kuleli sonto ukuthi isimo esibucayi ngokutheleleka nge-Covid sikhombisa ukuthi iNingizimu Afrika kungenzeka ibhekane negagasi lesithathu.
I-Gauteng ibe nokuqubuka okukhulu e-Johannesburg e-Tshwane nase-Sedibeng. Kube nokwenyuka kancane kancane nsuku zonke ezweni lonke ngesonto eledlule, ngabantu abasha abathelelekile abayizi-2,256 mhla ziyisikhombisa kuNhlaba, abayizi-2,149 mhla ziyisithupha kuNhlaba kanye nabayizi-2,073 mhla zinhlanu kuNhlaba.