E-Zimbabwe jikelele, sebezikunkulungwane phose ezine-3,921 asebetholakele belegcikwane leCovid 19. Asebesinde kilo sebedlula inkulungwane eyodwa-1,091, selibulele abangamatshumi ayisikhombisa-70.
Asebetholakele belegcikwane leli, koBulawayo sebengamakhulu edlula ayisitshiyagalo lunye -946 kuthi asebebulewe yiwo sebengamatshumi amabili.
Lokhu kumemetheka komkhuhlane kucatshangelwa ukuthi kubangelwa yikuminyana kukazulu endwendweni zemali emabhanga, ezamanzi emalokitshini, ezokugada amabhasi kanye lokungalandeli iziqondiso zelockdown ezokungabuthani emicimbini efana lamadili kumbe izimfa.
Okwamanje ikhansili yakoBulawayo ibika ukuba iphakathi kokudingisisa mayelana ledili elenziwe ngabakumsebenzi wokuthenga lokuthengisa imali yakwamanye amazwe, oSiphatheleni, emzini weBurnside lapho okucatshangelwa ukuthi abantu ababili sebebhubhile ngemva kokuthelelwa iCovid, edilini lelo.
Isiphathamandla sekhansili yakoBulawayo, uDokothela Edwin Sibanda utshele iphephandaba leSunday News ukuthi baphakathi kokudingisisa ukuthi bazwisise ukuthi kungabe kuhambe njani.
Usikhwicamfuno Solwayo Ngwenya ongumqondisi wesibhedlela seMpilo uchasisa ngesimo seCovid 19 koBulawayo.
“Khonapha koBulawayo umkhuhlane usubhahile kakhulu. Besikhankasa kangaka kodwa uzulu kalaleli. Abantu lokhe behlangana ngakho umkhuhlane lawo uyaqhubeka usiya phambili. Ngensuku ezilandelayo sizabona abantu abanengi bebulawa yilo umkhuhlane, ngakho siyacela lilalele izixwayiso.”
Udokotela Mthabisi Bhebhe wakoBulawayo laye, uthi ukuqansa kwenani leli kungabe kubangelwa yikungalandeli iziqondiso zokuvikela umkhuhlane ezethulwa yinhlanganiso yomanyano wamazwe womhlaba eye World Health Organisation.
“Okuqakathekileyo yikuthi singa reducer ama number of new cases ngokulandela izinqondiso ze WHO. Nxa singa maintainer i social distancing lokhu esikubonayo ko Bulawayo abantu besenza ama party bengagqokanga ama masks. Ama Zupco queues lawa kumele abe malutshwane hayi lokhu ukuminyana okukhona bethandele imask entanyeni. Abantu kumele bagqoke ama mask, ungezwa sugula fonela ebempilakahle bakulande endlini lokhu yikho okuzasinceda ukwehlisa ama numbers. Kumele sinanzelele lokhu ngoba ama cases azaqansa kanye labantu abafayo bazaba banengi.”
Ummeli wePumula, edale lephalamende okukhomidi ebona ngezempilakahle unkosikazi Sichelesile Mhlangu uthi ukumemetheka komkhuhlane kubangelwa yikusilela kwamanzi ikakhulu emalokitshini abaliswe yikhansili yako Bulawayo.
“Nxa ngithi ngiyakhangelisisa isizatho esenza amanani akhuphuke ngamalokitshi la ambalwa abalisiweyo. Nxa ngiwakhangela ayenziwa ludaba lokusilela amanzi. I prevention yalolu bhubhane yikuhlala endlini kodwa uzahlala athini engela manzi.
Umnumzana Thamsanqa Dlodlo ongumongi uthi ukumemetheka komkhuhlane kubangelwa ngabantu abavela phandle kwelizwe abahlaliswa endaweni ezivalelweyo ezeQuarantine.
“Amanani lawa okunye abangelalwa ngabantu abavela phandle kwelizwe. Abantu laba bafika bafakwe kuma isolation centres, ku centre leyi kuyabe kulomuntu oyedwa nje ole Corona Virus ofika athelele abanye abantu. Esikhathini esinengi abantu laba abala ma masks afaneleyo, bafika bahlale njengokuthi bebevele besuke bonke besidla bonke bephila ndawonye. Lokhu kubenza bathelelelane kalula.”
Isakhamuzi sako Bulawayo unkosikazi Nobuhle Nyathi uthi ukusilela kwamanzi lamabhasi okuhambisa kumemethikisa umkhuhlane.
"Into yonke isinzima akulanto elula yonke into isinzima ukutholakala, amanzi asehlala amalanga amanengi engekho ezikotsho abantu sitshona sibuthene ukuthi sikhe amanzi. Ukuthi ungene edolobheni kunzima amabhasi awatholakali abantu lapho atholakala khona siyaminyana emabank lakho siyaminyana okusuka kubenzima ukuthi umkhuhlane weCovid usidlule ngoba amathuba manengi njalo usumemetheka kakhulu.”
Ikhansili yakoBulawayo ibalise amalokitshi agoqela iCowdray Park, iNkulumane, Pumula, Lobhengula, Emganwini ukuthi yiwo ahamba phezulu ngenani Labantu abagulayo koBulawayo.
Eloba enkundleni yokuxhumana ebulenjini eye Twitter lamuhlanje umabhalane omkhulu kugatsha lokwethulwa kwemibiko, umnumzana Nick Magwana uthe uhulumende ukhangelane lenhlupho ezikhona kwezempilakahle, kubalulekile ukuba abantu nxa belwisana legcikwane leCovid-19 kube kuyikizivikela. Lokhu kuzaphungula umthwalo wabezempilakahle. Ugcizelele ethi abantu bazame ngayo yonke indlela ukuthi bangabambi igcikwane leli.
