Arthur Greene
Ngokulethwa okuyimpumelelo kwemigomo ye-Covid-19, kanye nokukhishwa komuthi wokugoma ekugcineni oqala ukusebenza kahle, kwakukuningi okwakungabungazwa encwadini yezindaba yamasonto onke kaMengameli uCyril Ramaphosa.
Uthe cishe imithamo eyizigidi eziyi-1,5 zomthamo owodwa ka-Johnson & Johnson jab ilethwe ngokuphepha eMnyangweni Wezempilo ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ezedlule.
Ngokwengeziwe, izwe lithathe ukulethwa komnikelo wemithamo eyizigidi ezingama-5,66 yomuthi wokugoma i-Pfizer ovela eMelika kuleli sonto.
“Manje sesinezindlela ezikahle zokugoma abantu bethu,” kusho uMengameli, eqinisekisa ukuthi izwe linama-jab anele azosebenza unyaka wonke.
Ngesonto eledlule, iNingizimu Afrika ibe yisizwe sokuqala ezwenikazi ukukhiqiza nokusabalalisa imigomo ye-Covid-19. Isitshalo se-Aspen Pharmacare e-Gqeberha sikhiphe iqoqo laso lokuqala, elizotholakala kuzwekazi lonke nge-African Vaccine Acquisition Task Team.
URamaphosa ubuye wamemezela ukuthi izwe selidlulile ebangeni eliqavile lokutholwa kwemithamo eyizigidi ezingama-7,5, njengoba manje sekugonywe abantu abayizigidi ezintathu.
Isilinganiso sabantu abayizi-220,000 njengamanje bayagonywa nsuku zonke, ngalesi sibalo okulindeleke ukuthi senyuke emasontweni azayo njengoba kusatshalaliswa amaqoqo amasha ama-jab.
Kodwa-ke, ngaphandle kwale ntuthuko enhle, uMengameli uxwayise ngokuthi wonke umuntu ofanelekile ukuthola umuthi wokugoma kufanele ayothatha i-jab yakhe.
“Ngokuphuma siyogoma, asizivikeleli thina kuphela. Senza umsebenzi wokushisekela izwe lethu kanye nezakhamizi zakithi.”
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