EleChina lazise ukuba eleZimbabwe ngelinye lamazwe azakwenelisa ukuthola usizo lwejekiseni yomuthi wokuzivikela kuCovid-19 phakathi kwamazwe alitshumi lane awezwekazi leAfrica.
Lumbiko wethulwe yisikhulumeli sogatsha olubona ngobudlelwano beChina lamanye amazwe womhlaba, uMnu Wang Wenbin ethi amajekiseni okuvikela ukumemetheka kweCovid-19 alungiswa ezweni lakhe njalo bakwenza lokhu ukugcwalisa isethembiso sikaMongameli Xi Ping, welizwe lakhe, phansi kohlelo lokuphathisa amazwe asathuthukayo.
U-Wenbin uchaze ukuba amazwe omhlaba kumele abambane ekulwisaneni leCovid-19 ethi njengeChina bazaqhubeka besiza amazwe angabayanga lathuthukayo bekhangelele ukuba amanye amazwe athuthukileyo lawo azazobambisana labo ukuncedisa amazwe aswelayo.
UDokotela omele uBulawayo, uDokotela Welcome Nyathi uthi abakatholi imibiko ekhuluma mayelana lamajekiseni basalinde uhulumende ukuthi atsho ukuba ilizwe limingaphi.
"Thina asikatholi umbiko osuka kuhulumende mayelana lejekiseni yokuvikela ukumemetheka kweCovid sikubona kusocial media kunje kulomhlangano engiphuma kiwo asilambiko esesithe sawuthola okhuluma ngamajekiseni. Uhulumende lokhe esabona ukuthi engenzani iMinistry of Finance yiyo esithole imali yokusebenzisa kodwa indaba isekuthengeni lokusebenziseni lelijekiseni abakaphumi lokubambekayo okwamanje."
Ilunga ledale lephalamende lePumula Constituency, uNkosikazi Sichelesile Mahlangu uthi ijekiseni ingakahlabi abantu kumele iyehlolwa eUniversity of Zimbabwe.
“Sesizwile ukuba uhulumende usethole imibiko ethi iChina ifuna ukusinikeza ijekiseni yokuvikela iCovid-19 uma ifika ingakanikwa abantu ayihanjiswe eUniversity of Zimbabwe iyehlolwa ukuba ilungele yini ukuthi ingasiza abantu basazise ingakasebenzi ngoba uma singayisebenza ingahlolwanga isilimaze sizasola bani. Uma ingabe ilungele ukusebenza ngikhuthaza abantu ukuba baphume ngobunengi bayehlatshwa ngoba siyazi ukuba kuleli abantu baphila ngokuzisebenza.”
Amanye amazwe azathola lolu sizo abalisa iPakistan, Brunei, Nepal, Philippines, Myanmar, Cambodia, Laos, Sri Lanka, Mongolia, Palastine, Belarus, Siera Leone leEquatorial Guinea.
Amajekiseni azaphiwa iZimbabwe abikwa engalungiswa yinkampani eyeSinopham leyeSinovac njalo asethunyelwe emazweni abalisa i-United Arab Emirites, Brazil leChile.
Ele China libike njalo ukuthi lihlela ukuphathisa amazwe aphose afike amatshumi amane-38, asathuthukayo kuhlandla elilandelayo lohlelo lwayo lokuphathisa amazwe asathuthukayo isebenzelana lamanye amazwe womhlaba phansi kohlelo lwenhlanganiso yomanyano wamazwe womhlaba eye World Health Organization-WHO, olwe COVAX.
Umbiko wabeChina uphuma ngesikahthi uhulumende weZimbabwe eyazise ukuba abenhlanganiso ezizimeleyo sebethembise ukubapha uncedo lwezigidi ezingamakhulu edlula amabili zamadola eMelika-US$234, okuyimali yokuphathisa emsebenzini wokumelana lemikhuhlane enjenge Covid 19, owetshukela, oweBP leminye.
Limali igoqela izigidi ezingamatshumi aphose afike amahlanu amadola-US$49 million, eyanikwa iZimbabwe isuka esikhwameni seGlobal Fund esiqalile ukusetshenziswa ithengela abakumsebenzi wezempilakahle imphahla yokuzivikela kulolu bhubhane eye Personal Protective Equipment, lokuthenga imithi lokokusebenzisa ukuhlola iCovid-19 amatest kits.
Yena ngokwakhe uhulumende uthi ulezigidi ezingaba likhulu zamadola eMelika eyabekwa eceleni yokusebenzisa ukumelana legcikwane leli.
