Abezempilakahle kumasipala wakoBulawayo bazise ukuba phakathi kwabahlanu abafunyenwe beleCoronavirus Ngolwesithathu, abane bangamalunga omndeni munye lomunye osebenza kwesinye isibhedlela salelidolobho.
Ngokuqansa kwenani leli, idolobho lakoBulawayo yilo eselikhokhela eZimbabwe yonke ngenani lasebefunyenwe beleCovid 19.
Le yinto eyethusa izakhamizi kanye labezempilakahle bona abathi uzulu kumele ahlale ngekhaya atshiyane lomkhuba wokuhambahamba.
Umnunzana Eventhough Siziba unobhala weZINA, uthi bamatasatasa bezama ukuthi bazilungiselele ekulwisaneni lomkhuhlane weCOVID-19 koBulawayo.
“Udubo esikhangelane lalo khathesi olukhulu yindaba yokuthi amapositive amacases aweCOVID 19 lokhe eyanda especially lapha koBulawayo. Lokhu vele sekusenza lathi sibe worried, sibe anxious. So thina sesikhangele ukuthi silwise ukuthi ingozi le ibephansi ingasikhuleli. So yiyo indaba engingathi simatasatasa ngayo ukuthi sizilungiselele. Singaba lokunqoba into le iphele singakafiki esigabeni esifanana lamanye amazwe lapho esitshaye khona kakhulu.”
Umnunzana Mike Ndiweni oyisakhamuzi sakoBulawayo uthi abantu ababoni ingozi elethwa ngumkhuhlane lo ngoba belokhe bebonakala beminyezene ezitolo.
“Indaba yokukhuphuka kwenani labantu ababanjwa ngumkhuhlane lo weCOVID 19 liyakhathaza kakhulu.Kulusizi ukuthi abantu khaya besithi cala celeni bakhohliwe ukuthi yinkalakatha yengozi eyenzakalayo edolobheni lakoBulawayo. Ungakhangela emzileni wokuthenga ukudla ezitolo abantu bayabe beminyene bengavulanga izikhala ukuthi bebekwazi ukuthi umkhuhlane lowu uthelelwana ngokuthi nxa abantu bethintene so yindaba elusizi kakhulu sokungathi uHulumende engakhuphula izinga sibili ngengoba etshilo izinga lokutester abantu engxenye abantu bengabona ukuthi lumkhuhlane uyingozi.’’
Udokotela Ruth Labode umgcinisihlalo wekomidi ebona ngezempilakahle edlae lephalamende uthi bebekukhangelele ukuthi inani lizaqansa kodwa hatshi koBulawayo kodwa ilizwe lonke.
‘Ukukhwela kwamacases koBulawayo bekuvele kuyinto ade siyimelele. Ayisoze ibe yiBulawayo yodwa izaba yiZimbabwe yonke, wonke umuntu olengqondo kufanele abekwazi ukuthi vele I COVID-19 iyakhwela kwezinye indawo lakithi iyakhwela nxa singavikeli.’
Umnunzana Rodney Jele uKhansila kaward 23 eNkulumane uthi abantu kumele balandele izixwayiso abaziphiwayo ukuthi bengabambi umkhuhlane lo.
“Ngiyalixwayisa ngesikhathi lesi ukuthi asibekezelenini sihlale nini ezindlini njengokuxwayiswa kwethu ngenxa yokuthi umkhuhlane lowu weCOVID 19 ngumkhuhlane okhona njalo ngumkhuhlane osungenile kakhulu edolobheni lakoBulawayo. Singakhangela kuvuka kunamuhla inani labantu asebebanjiwe positive sebelitshumi khathesi inani leli selingangezeleka. Kuqakathekile ukuthi sipratise isocial distancing lokuhlanzeka njalo kuqakathekile ukuthi sihlale ezindlini ukwenzela ukuthi singawutholi umkhuhlane lowu kuthi lalabo aba suspect ukuthi balawo bekwanise ukuthi bengatheleli abanye. So siyaxwayisa kakhulu zulu ukuthi sihlalenini ezindlini.”
Inengi labantu likhanya lethuswe kakhulu ngokuqonga kwenani lasebefunyenwe belegcikwane leCovid 19 koBulawayo ngesikhathi esifitshane kangako. Abantu kodwa babonakala benyakazela edolobheni ikakhulu ezitholo bezodinga impuphu.
