Ijekiseni yokuvikela ukuthelelwa iCovid-19 eselilungiswa ngamankampani amakhulu anjenge Pfizer selihlatshwe izigidi ezithile zabantu emazweni athuthukileyo kodwa alikafiki emazweni awezwekazi leAfrica okugoqela eZimbabwe.
Abantu balemibono ehlukileyo ngaleli jekiseni leCovid 19 Vaccine lokuthi kuzathatha isikhathi eside ukuze lize lifike elizweni njengoba amazwe athuthukileyo anjengeMelika lawe Europe elithenga ngobunengi.
l-Zimbabwe njengawo wonke amazwe womhlaba ikhathazekile ngobhubhano lweCovid-19 olukhwazw ngolaka umnyaka wonke ka2020 lobanje sekungathi kulethemba ngejekiseni elithe lafunyanwa elivikela ukubamba leligcikwane.
Ingcwethi zezempilakahle ezweni zithi azikahlangani lalo lelijekiseni ngakhoke uzulu kaqhubeke elandela iziqondiso zokuzivikela ngoba kuzathatha isikhathi ukuthi lifike ezwekazi leAfrica.
Omunye walezi ngcwethi ngumqondisi wesibhedlela seMpilo Central Hospital, uSikhwicamfundo Solwayo Ngwenya.
“Sesizwile ukuba ubhubhano lweCovid-19 selulevaccine yokulivikela kukhanya uhulumende useyidinga kwamanye amazwe lapha ayikafiki kodwa liyaxwayiswa ukuba lingayekethesi ebesilixwayisa ngakho selithembe ivaccine engakabikhona kodwa ingabakhona lizayaziswa ukuthi isikhona njalo ihlatshwa njani kodwa okwakhathesi liqinise ukulandela ukugqoka amamask, ukuhlamba izandla lokungahambi lapho okulabantu abanengi khona okulesiminyeminye.”
UMfundisi Useni Sibanda wenhlanganiso yeI am Bulawayo Against Covid 19, uthi kunengi osekukhulunywa ngejekiseni leCovid-19 Vaccine.
“Into eqakathekileyo yikuthi kumele ichasiselwe abantu ukuba isebenza njani, njalo lokuthi abantu bayizwisise ukuba izabancea njani ngoba kunengi osekukhulunywe ngayo, abanye bathi iyaguqula iDNA, abanye bathi iyelapha ingakabikhona uhulumende leMinistry of Health kumele bangene kuzulu babachasisele.”
USibanda uqhubeke ethi inkolo ezehlukeneyo zamukela imithi yamavaccine ngokutshiyeneyo.
“Ungananzelela ezweni amaChristu alenkolo ezehlukeneyo uma sekubuya kundaba zamavaccine lezi abanye bayavumelana lakho kodwa abanye hatshi sekusiya ngokuthi ibhayibheli balibala njani ngakhoke kuqakathekile ukuba kubelolwazi abantu benze izinqumo zabo belolwazi lokuthi bayithathe kumbe hatshi njalo akulamuntu omele abanjwe ngamandla ukuba ayithathe kumbe hatshi.”
Olwela amalungelo oluntu, uMnu Effie Ncube yena ukhuthaza inhlanganiso yomanyano wamazwe womhlaba eyeWorld Health Organisation ukuthi imele amazwe asathuthukayo ukuze athole lelijekiseni.
“Kuqakathekile ukuba ijekiseni lokuvikela iCovid-19 litholakale masinyane okwamanje isadinga umqando omkhulu ongatholakali emazweni angela kunotha njengelethu ngakho kuqakathekile ukuba eleZimbabwe lisebenzisane leWorld Health Organisation lamankampani alemali ukuze ifinyelele emhlabeni jikelele emakhaya kuyewonke umuntu umntwana abadalal abagulayo laye wonke nje umuntu.”
Isakhamuzi sakoBulawayo, uMnu Frank Phiri ngomunye wabasese lokuthandabuza ngaleli jekiseni leCovid-19 vaccine.
“Ivaccine leyi ngendlela engiyibona ngayo siyayifuna abaqale befake bona amakhiwa umibulala iqale ibulale bona. Ngiyayifuna uma kuyikuthi iyasebenza ngempela kodwa ayiqale isebenze khonale ithi isibuya ngapha.”
Osakhulayo uNothando Ndlovu ulomcabango wokuthi iCovid-19 vaccine yibhizimusi yabathile.
“Lapho eyaqala khona iCovid-19 eChina isithule sesibona ukuthi ngokuyibhizimusi amankampani aseqina ngokuthi sebelevaccine, sizathi ikhona kodwa silemibono emibili emithathu ehlukeneyo ukuthi iyasebenza uma isebenza ngubani othola amantshontsho okusebenza kwayo.”
EZimbabwe kuviki edlule uMongameli Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa kunkulumo yakhe lesizwe mayelana lobhubhano lweCovid-19 uthembisa uzulu ukuba basebenza gadalala labezempilakahle belandela zonke iziqondiso zokuba lalelijekiseni lokuvikela iCovid-19 ezweni ngoba okwamanje alikafinyeleli ezwekazi leAfrica.
I-World Health Organisation yona layo ikhuphe imibiko ithi iphakathi kokusebenza ukuba kusiyaphela umnyaka ka2021 kubesekulamajekiseni edlula amabhiliyoni amabili asethe atholiswa uzulu emizameni yokumelana lokumemetheka kweCovid-19 emhlabeni jikelele. Bathi okwamanje kulamankampani athile agoqela i-AstaZeneca, Pfizer, Moderna lamanyeaseqalile ukuthengisa leli jekiseni leCovid 19 vaccine.