Inkampani yeMelika, iMerck, ithi isifikise amaphepha ayo kugatsha lweUS Food & Drug Administration idinga imvumo yokuthengisa iphilisa layo lokwelapha umkhuhlane weCovid-19 esanda kulilungisa.
I-Reuters ibike ukuba ingayithola imvulo linkampani, izakuba ngeyakuqala eMelika ukulungisa iphilisi elelapha lumkhuhlane.
Eminye imithi yimijovo ehlatshwa abantu.
Iphilisi leli libikwa lisehlisa inani labantu ababulawa yilumkhuhlane labalaliswa esibhedlela ngesilinganiso sokungamatshumi amahlanu ekhulwini, 50 percent.
Lanxa inani lezizalwane zaseMelika esezihlatshwe ijekiseni yokuvikela iCovid-19 selisedlula ingxenye, abanye balokhe besala ukuhlatshwa.
Osebenza kwezempilakahle eMelika uNkosazana Brenda Moyo utshele iStudio 7 ukuthi ubona labo abala ukuhlatshwa bevuma ukusebenzisa leliphilisi.