Ngesikhathi abeZimbabwe abaseSouth Africa besamukela ngenjabulo ukuvulwa kwezinye izigaba zomnotho, kweleBotswana inani labantu abatholakala beleCOVID-19 liqhubekela phambili liqonga, osekudale ukuthi uhulumende engeze isiqondiso sokwalela abantu ukuhamba hamba ngezikhathi ezidaliweyo eseCurfew kuze kuyifika ekupheleni kukaNhlolanja.
Umongameli Mokgweetsi Masisi uthi ilizwe lakhe lizaqhubeka lingaphansi kohlelo lokwenqabela ukuhamba hamba kwabantu ebusuku, olwe curfew kuze kuyefika ekupheleni kwayonale inyanga. Ngalesisikhathi ukuthengiswa kotshwala kuzaqhubeka kungavunyelwa.
Lokhu akuyisizo ndaba abeZimbabwe abahlala kumbe besebenza kulelizwe, abakade befisa ukuzizwa.
Sekudlule inyanga eleBotswana lingaphansi kohlelo lwe curfew, njalo utshwala bungathengiswa.
Imigoqo le efakwe kuyindlela yokwenqabela ukumemetheka komkhuhlane wecoronavirus, idale ukuthi inengi elifana lomnunzana Douglas Ndebele liqale umnyaka kanzima.
“Akukho lula, besikhangelele ukuthi mhlawumbe singena kunyanga yesibili yomnyaka kuzaba lendaba ezingcono ngokwehla kwenani labantu abatholakala beleCovid, kumbe sizwe ukuthi kuzayekethiswa eminye imthetho elikhuni.”
Ngesikhathi eleBotswana liliswana lokumemetheka komkhuhlane, ugatsha lwezempilakahle luthi sekusilela imphahla esetshenziswa ukuhlola iCovid-19, ama test kits.
UDokotela Madisa Mine okhokhela ugatsha lweNational Health Labaratory, uthi sekunzima ukuthi bahlole abantu ngenxa yokusilela kwama test kits.
UMine uthi okunzima yikuthi umhlaba wonke jikelele, imphahla esetshenziswa ekuhloleni iCovid-19, iyaswelakala, ngakho abakwazi ukuthi bazathola nini ama test kits.
Lokhu sekubone eleBotswana lisungula njalo ukuphelekezela abatshayeli bamaloli uma bengena elizweni bezotshiya imphahla. Umnunzana Owen Ndlovu uthi sebekubonile ukusilela kwama test kits.
“Njengo mtshayeli, sesibona amapholisa eqala njalo ukusiphelekezela uma singena kweleBotswana, bathi akula ma test kits. Sekusetshenziswa kakhulu ama rapid tests.”
Kusenjalo, amapholisa kweleBotswana ahlaba umkhosi ngokungena ngudlu kotshwala busuka eZimbabwe.
Ukuvalwa kokuthengiswa kotshwala kweleBotswana sekubone ukukhuphuka komkambo omnyama, isitoko esinengi sivela eZimbabwe.
Kodwa sekulokwesabela ukuthi utshwala sebuzaqala ukuvela kweleSouth Africa ngemva kokuvulwa kwebhizimusi le kuyonale iviki.
IBotswana ikhala ngokuthi ukunathwa kotshwala yikho okubangela ukumemetheka komkhuhlane ngoba abantu bebunathana endaweni ezitshiyeneyo.
Sekulabantu abayinkulungwane ezingamatshumi amabili lanye (21, 293) abatholakale beleCovid-19 kuthi abalikhulu lamatshumi amathathu lane (134) balahlekelwa ngumphefumulo.
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