Ezinye izizalwane zeZimbabwe kweleBotswana zithi zikhathazekile ngemigoqo elokhe ikhona phezu kokuvulwa kwemingcele ngesikhathi seCOVID-19, bengazi ukuthi bazakwenelisa ukuyafika ekhaya ngekhefu leKhisimusi loba hatshi.
Noma nje amanye amazwe afana leSouth Africa kanye leZimbabwe eseyekethisa iziqondiso zokuvalwa kwelizwe emizameni yokuvimba ukumemeheka kweCovid 19, ngokuvula imingcele, eleBotswana lithi abangena elizweni bazaqhubeka bevalelwe bodwa okwamaviki amabili, kumaquarantine centers kuyindlela yokuvimba ukumemetheka kwaleli gcikwane.
Abavalelwe endaweni ezitshiyeneyo bebodwa, kuquarantine kumele behlawule ingxenye yendleko yokugcinwa endaweni lezi, kukanti uhulumende weBotswana ukhipha eyinye ingxenye.
Umgoqo lo, ulakho ukwenqabela inengi labeZimbabwe ukuthi bayehlaba ikhefu belezihlobo labangane ekhaya.
Umnunzana Cephas Tshuma ohlala eGaborone uthi isifiso sokuya ekhaya ngesikhathi sekhefu lekhisimisi sikhona, kodwa kulokubakhathazayo.
“Indaba yemingcele sekumele ilungiswe. Abanengi lapha sitshiywe yizihlobo, kunengi okunakeleyo emakhaya okokuthi kuphele umnyaka sibelapha ngoMpalakazi, kungaba yinto enzima kakhulu.”
UTshuma uqhubeke esithi udaba lokuthi abantu bavalelwe endaweni ezifana lemahoteleni belinde impumela yokuhlola ukuthi kabala COVID-19, layo iyaphazamisa, kumele ikhangelisiswe. Uthi kungaba lokufohlela elizweni okungekho emthethweni uma imithetho ingayekethiswanga.
“Into engiyibonayo ezaba yingozi, nxa kungasavulwanga imngcele, ayisibo bonke abantu abakulelizwe abadlula kuRamokgwebana. Kulabanye abafika ngendlela zabo, njalo bayabuyela futhi, okutsho bayabe sebevike indawo lapho okumele bahlolwe khona.”
Umnunzana Andreas Sibanda, uthi udaba lokuvalelwa amaviki amabili, olwe quarantine, lulakho ukudondisa inengi elifisa ukuya ekhaya.
“Indaba zokuthi imngcele iyavulwa zindaba ezithakazelwa ngabanengi. Kodwa osekuhlupha yikuthi uma usuphenduka, imithetho yeBotswana ithi kuzamele ungene kuquarantine okwamalanga angamatshumi lanye. Lokhu sekuhlukuluze abanengi lembuzo isisibakhona ukuthi umuntu engahamba kumbe engambi.”
EleBotswana lona lithi lizaqhubeka likhangela isimo seCOVID-19 ngaphambilini kokuyekethisa iziqondiso eziphathelane lalomkhuhlane.
Inani labantu asebebanjwe belecoronavirus, liya likhuphuka seliphose lifike kunkulungwane eziyisithupha (5,923), sekubhubhe abangamatshumi amabili lanye-21.
Kuqala ngeSonto, eleBotswana libika ukuba lizavumela izethekeli eziza elizweni ngendizamtshina eqhatshiweyo, ichartered plane, bezobuka indawo ezitshiyeneyo ezikhangayo, emizameni yokuvimba ukulahlekelwa yimali enengi yakwamanye amazwe okungaphazamisa umnotho welizwe.
