Dylan Bettencourt
Ngesikhathi evakashele e-Cape Town Port ngoLwesibili, uMengameli uCyril Ramaphosa uthe ukukhuphuka kokuthelelana nge-Covid-19 e-Gauteng sekuyinto ekhathaza kakhulu isizwe.
“Kusobala ukuthi kunezinkomba zokuthi ziqinise umthetho, ikakhulukazi e-Gauteng,” esho.
Ngabantu abasha abathelelekile abayizi-13 155 ababikwe ngoMsombuluko, u-66% ubhaliswe e-Gauteng. Izinga lokutheleleka esifundazweni selivele ledlula inani eliphakeme kakhulu lamagagasi amabili okuqala.
UMengameli uthi kungenzeka kube yisikhathi sokuthi i-National Coronavirus Command Council (i-NCCC) ibuyekeze imithetho ebekiwe yomvalelo.
Uyaqaphela kodwa ukuthi angaphinde awonakalise umnotho njengoba izinkulungwane zamabhizinisi zivale izitolo ngemuva kwezinyanga eziyi-15 zomvalelo.
NgeSonto, kuqinisekisiwe ukuthi kulo lonke elase-Gauteng, bayizi-5 218 abagulayo abangeniswe esibhedlela, kanti abayizi-1 105 balabo base-ICU nabangama-538 abadinga umoya.
Isilinganiso sezinsuku eziyisikhombisa esifundazweni naso besimi ku-6,941, okungu-31% ophezulu kunesiqongo segagasi lesibili.
Ngesonto eledlule uMengameli ubuyisele iNingizimu Afrika ezingeni lesithathu, nokuyilapho kushintshwe isikhathi sokufika ekhaya, isibalo esincishisiwe sabantu abavunyelwe emibuthanweni kanjalo nemikhawulo ekuthengisweni kotshwala.
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