Izizalwane zeZimbabwe sezemukele ngendlela etshiyeneyo isimemezelo seSouth Africa sokuthi uhlelo lwevaccination yeCovid-19 obelumisiwe luzaqhubekela phambili kusekela ngolweSithathu.
Umphathintambo wogatsha lwezempilakahle kweleSouth Africa umnumnzana Zweli Mkhize utshele abezindaba ukuthi inhlanganiso ekhokhela ezokusetshenziswa kwemithi yokwelapha iSouth African Health Products Regulatory Authority isithe ijekiseni leJohnson and Johnson okuyilo lodwa elisasetshenziswa okwakhathesi kweleSouth Africa ukuvikela icoronavirus liphephile. Loluhlelo lwamiswa ngemva kokuba abesifazana abayisithupha ababehlatshwe ijekiseni leJohnson and Johnson kweleMelika behlaselwe ngumkhuhlane wokunquma kwegazi.
UMkhize uthi phakathi kwabaphose bafike izinkulungwane ezingamakhulu amathathu (close to 300,000) asebehlatshiwe kweleSouth Africa akekho osebelomkhuhlane wokunquma kwegazi
Ingozi yaleli jekiseni incane kakhulu nxa kuqathaniswa lobuhle bokuyithola.
Kodwake iSouth Africa isikhuthazwe ukuthi ihlolisise kakhulu abahlatshwayo ukuze kungahlatshwa abasengozini yokunquma igazi. Kufanele njalo wonke ohlatshwayo atshelwe ukuthi isingabakhona ingozi yokuthi anqunyelwe ligazi. Ikhuthazwa njalo ukwethula uhlelo lokonga labo abavelelwa yimikhuhlane ngemva kokuhlatshwa.
Leli nyathelo selilethe imibono eyehlukeneyo kuzizalwane zeZimbabwe ezikhangelele ukuhlatshwa kweleSouth Africa.
Unkosazana Mercy Mvundla uthi inkulumo esezikhona ngaleli jekiseni zibatshiya belemibuzo.
“Kuletha ukuhlangahlangana emakhanda asisazi ukuthi ithemba silibeke ngaphi ngoba lakuhulumeni ma engahlalanje agoqe izandla angenzi lutho thina singabantu sizabuya simsole futhi. Ngakho ngicabanga ukuthi uhulumeni kuhle adedele umjovo akhulule abazizwa bekhululekile ngoba akuphoqelelwa muntu.”
Esinye isizalwane seZimbabwe umnumnzana Nkululeko Mathe uthi akazimiselanga ukusondela lapho okulejekiseni le khona.
“Kuhle kakhulu ukuthi sebeyilungisile. Kutsho labo abakade bethakazelela ukuthi bayithole le vaccine bahlatshwe sebezahlatshwa ngokukhululekileyo. But mina kwelami iside hayi cha ngizibona ngisafe nginje ngingahlatshwanga. Angazi ma ngingahlatshwa ngingasala nginjani may be ingiphathise ngekhanda ingiphathise ngezifo leyo vaccine yabo ngizithole sengizihotshele khona ukugula so angiboni ukuthi ngingayithakazelela leyo vaccine.”
Kodwake isiphathamandla senkampani yemingcwabo iMthwakazi Funerals umnumnzana Jeffrey Moyo ukhuthaza labo abathandabuza ukuhlatshwa ukuthi balicabangisise lelo nyathelo ngoba icona isasekhona njalo iyabulala.
“Sithi uhlelo aluqhubekele phambili ngoba sithi umkhuhlane ukhona njengathi thina esisebenza kufront line esibhekane lemingcwabo sisondelelana kakhulu labantu sidinga ukuthi sibe ngabantu abahlala bevikelekile. Ngokunjalo sithi sengathi uhlelo lungaqhubeka ukuze umphakathi kunye lezizalwane zihlale zivikelekile.”
Kodwake esinye isizalwane seZimbabwe unkosazana Matildah Ncube uthi yena uzabonela kwabanye ukuthi kwenzakalani umuntu angahlatshwa.
“Hayi mina ngithi cha! Angikakulungeli ukuthi ngihlatshwe umjovo.”
Kodwake isikhulumeli sebandla leZapu kweleSouth Africa umnumnzana Cannicious Nkala ukhuthaza izizalwane zeZimbabwe kweleSouth Africa ukuthi zingekeli ukuhlatshwa.
“Labo abantu abavaccinetwayo baba lamathuba angcono okubavikela kuCovid-19. Ngiyagqugquzela njalo futhi kuzizalwane zeZimbabwe ukuthi nxa lifika lelo thuba silithathe sihlatshwe ngoba akumelanga ukuthi sicine sisifa ngento engeke isibulale. Ukuvacinetwa akuqali lamhlanje yinto ezihlala zisenziwa kubo polio nani nani. Mina ngigqugquzela ukuthi bonke abantu beZimbabwe abaseSouth Africa asilithatheni lelo thuba nxa lifika kithi.”
Uhulumende uthi uhlelo lokuhlatshwa kwezisebenzi zempilakahle luzaphela phakathi kwenyanga ezayo abeseqala ukuhlaba asebeleminyaka engamatshumi ayisithupha (60) lalabo abalemikhuhlane eyingozi nxa bengahlaselwa yicoronavirus. Sebesedlula isigidi lengxenye (over 1.5 million ) abantu asebehlaselwe ligciwane lecoronavirus kweleSouth Africa kanti asebefile sebesedlula izinkulungwane ezingamatshumi amahlanu lantathu (over 53,000).
